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Bill	Cannabis: private right of action.	Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative measure, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA and any applicable local ordinances to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license, if conducted as prescribed. Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) , among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities and, except as specified, prohibits a person or entity from engaging in commercial cannabis activity without a state license issued by the Department of Cannabis Control pursuant to MAUCRSA. Existing law provides that a person engaging in commercial cannabis activity without a license is subject to civil penalties, as specified, and authorizes the Attorney General, a county counsel, a city attorney, or a city prosecutor to bring an action, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1171	California AB 1171 (20232024)	bill	Cannabis private right of action	enacted	Blanca Rubio	7	26	9	2023-02-16	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/06eb3e14-fe06-4b9b-93c9-6dbd0aa994b4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1171	1363fa879230d76a915a381f0597482810040a90214326858b3657f68e832ca8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1171 (20232024) — Cannabis: private right of action.

Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative measure, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA and any applicable local ordinances to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license, if conducted as prescribed. Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) , among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities and, except as specified, prohibits a person or entity from engaging in commercial cannabis activity without a state license issued by the Department of Cannabis Control pursuant to MAUCRSA. Existing law provides that a person engaging in commercial cannabis activity without a license is subject to civil penalties, as specified, and authorizes the Attorney General, a county counsel, a city attorney, or a city prosecutor to bring an action, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/03/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/05/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1171 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/14/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1171 Blanca Rubio Assembly Third Reading — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1171 Blanca Rubio et al. By Becker — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1171 Blanca Rubio Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 15–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Blanca Rubio — primary (person)
• Haney — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2023-03-23 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-03-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 2). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-05-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1555.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-24 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E. D., JUD. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-06-15 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-21 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2578.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-12 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
• 2023-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 5. Page 3309.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 467, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/06eb3e14-fe06-4b9b-93c9-6dbd0aa994b4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).