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type: "Bill"
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title: "Cannabis: background checks and cannabis event organizer license type."
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description: "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 to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. 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. MAUCRSA establishes the Department of Cannabis Control, under the supervision and control of a director, to administer and enforce its provisions. MAUCRSA authorizes the director to employ and appoint all employees necessary to properly administer the work of the department, in accordance with civil service laws and regulations. MAUCRSA requires the director to designate the persons employed by the department for purposes of the administration and enforcement of MAUCRSA, and requires the director to ensure that a sufficient number of employees are qualified peace officers for purposes of enforcing MAUCRSA."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 128"
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citation: "California AB 128 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
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subjects: ["Cannabis", "background checks and cannabis event organizer license type"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-01-09"
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last_action: "2023-07-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/732e3b1a-9707-487d-99ff-57738f255097"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB128"
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source_hash: "950eaa0c02da534cfa6eb894a12c3ab09d432f41bf18503376928f8791a09fae"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 128 (20232024) — Cannabis: background checks and cannabis event organizer license type.
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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 to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. 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. MAUCRSA establishes the Department of Cannabis Control, under the supervision and control of a director, to administer and enforce its provisions. MAUCRSA authorizes the director to employ and appoint all employees necessary to properly administer the work of the department, in accordance with civil service laws and regulations. MAUCRSA requires the director to designate the persons employed by the department for purposes of the administration and enforcement of MAUCRSA, and requires the director to ensure that a sufficient number of employees are qualified peace officers for purposes of enforcing MAUCRSA.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB128&version=20230AB12899INT)
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2. **02/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB128&version=20230AB12898AMD)
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3. **06/24/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB128&version=20230AB12897AMD)
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4. **07/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB128&version=20230AB12895CHP)
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5. **AB128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB128)
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6. **06/27/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB128&version=20230AB12896ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 128 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **75–1** (pass) · lower
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- AB 128 Budget Assembly Third Reading By TING — **60–14** (pass) · lower
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- 2nd Reading AB128 BUDGET (Ting) By Skinner — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **17–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Budget — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
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- **2023-01-26** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-02-02** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-20** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 732.)
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- **2023-03-20** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2023-03-20** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2023-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-03-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 842.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-12** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-06-27** Senate Rules Suspended (Ayes 32. Noes 8.)
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- **2023-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1766.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2023-06-27** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 2421.)
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- **2023-06-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2421.)
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- **2023-06-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 2421.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2023-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 46, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/732e3b1a-9707-487d-99ff-57738f255097`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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