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Bill	Cannabis cultivation: environmental remediation.	(1) Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish the watershed enforcement program to facilitate the investigation, enforcement, and prosecution of offenses relating to unlawful water diversions and other violations of the Fish and Game Code associated with cannabis cultivation. Existing law also requires the department, in coordination with specified state agencies, to establish a permanent multiagency task force to address the environmental impacts of cannabis cultivation.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2643	California AB 2643 (20232024)	bill appropriation	Cannabis cultivation environmental remediation	enacted	Wood	10	33	8	2024-02-14	2024-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/679ecdd8-9704-4918-adc7-e4d8641a73d4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2643	db045aec7f2f9be5c0252fbcf67880e1b3c62b09ecf7c746197b4244496fb67c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2643 (20232024) — Cannabis cultivation: environmental remediation.

(1) Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish the watershed enforcement program to facilitate the investigation, enforcement, and prosecution of offenses relating to unlawful water diversions and other violations of the Fish and Game Code associated with cannabis cultivation. Existing law also requires the department, in coordination with specified state agencies, to establish a permanent multiagency task force to address the environmental impacts of cannabis cultivation.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/16/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/06/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/01/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/15/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/23/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/28/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB2643 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/31/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2643 Wood et al. By Allen — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2643 Wood Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2643 Wood Assembly Third Reading — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wood — primary (person)
• McGuire — principal coauthor (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.
• 2024-03-21 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2024-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2024-04-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2024-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 23). 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 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5215.)
• 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
• 2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5416.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2024-06-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2024-06-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-25 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-07-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-08-05 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-28 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2024-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 839, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/679ecdd8-9704-4918-adc7-e4d8641a73d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).