Sales and use tax: exemption: medicinal cannabis: donations.
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. Existing sales and use tax laws impose use taxes on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state, presumes tangible personal property purchased outside the state that is stored, used, or consumed in this state is purchased for use in this state, and provides various exemptions from those taxes.
California AB 2555 (20232024) — Sales and use tax: exemption: medicinal cannabis: donations.
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. Existing sales and use tax laws impose use taxes on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state, presumes tangible personal property purchased outside the state that is stored, used, or consumed in this state is purchased for use in this state, and provides various exemptions from those taxes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent AB2555 Quirk-Silva — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2555 Quirk-Silva Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Quirk-Silva — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2024-03-04 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2024-04-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file. referral-committee
2024-04-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2024-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-05-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5489.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-06-05 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-05 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2024-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-28 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2024-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2024-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 920, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c77d00d-f202-4088-a1be-7c59eed8de9b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).