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Bill Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act or Ryan's Law. Existing law generally requires the licensure and regulation of various health care facilities, including, among others, a hospice facility. The Compassionate Use Act of 1996, an initiative measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 215 at the November 5, 1996, statewide general election, prohibits specified criminal penalties from being imposed on a patient or a patient's primary caregiver who possesses or cultivates cannabis for the personal medical purposes of the patient upon the written or oral recommendation or approval of a physician. Existing law, known as the Medical Marijuana Program, requires counties to administer an identification card program for qualified patients and provides immunity from arrest to qualified patients with a valid identification card or designated primary caregivers, within prescribed limits. us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 SB 311 California SB 311 (20212022)
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California SB 311 (20212022) — Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act or Ryan's Law.

Existing law generally requires the licensure and regulation of various health care facilities, including, among others, a hospice facility. The Compassionate Use Act of 1996, an initiative measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 215 at the November 5, 1996, statewide general election, prohibits specified criminal penalties from being imposed on a patient or a patient's primary caregiver who possesses or cultivates cannabis for the personal medical purposes of the patient upon the written or oral recommendation or approval of a physician. Existing law, known as the Medical Marijuana Program, requires counties to administer an identification card program for qualified patients and provides immunity from arrest to qualified patients with a valid identification card or designated primary caregivers, within prescribed limits.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. 02/04/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/01/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 09/01/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 09/28/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB311 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/14/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass. — 150 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading SB311 Hueso et al. — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass — 110 (pass) · upper
  • SB 311 Hueso Senate Third Reading By Wood — 711 (pass) · lower
  • SB 311 Hueso Senate Third Reading By Wood Amendment Set #1 — 671 (pass) · lower
  • Unfinished Business SB311 Hueso et al. Concurrence — 361 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Hueso — primary (person)
  • Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
  • Bradford — coauthor (person)
  • Caballero — coauthor (person)
  • Carrillo — coauthor (person)
  • Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
  • Jones — coauthor (person)
  • Lorena Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
  • Melendez — coauthor (person)
  • Quirk — coauthor (person)
  • Skinner — coauthor (person)
  • Stone — coauthor (person)
  • Ting — coauthor (person)
  • Villapudua — coauthor (person)
  • Ward — coauthor (person)
  • Wiener — coauthor (person)
  • Wood — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-02-04 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-05 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.
  • 2021-02-17 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
  • 2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
  • 2021-02-22 (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
  • 2021-02-22 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
  • 2021-02-23 Set for hearing March 10.
  • 2021-03-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 457.) (March 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-03-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 568.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-03-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2021-05-13 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
  • 2021-06-08 Coauthors revised.
  • 2021-06-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-09-01 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 67. Noes 1. Page 2592.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2021-09-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
  • 2021-09-02 Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
  • 2021-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2021-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 3012.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2021-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 2609.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
  • 2021-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 384, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ea67eaf-c937-4321-a11b-6b0b80b0f498. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).