Existing law, the Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act or Ryan's Law, requires specified types of health care facilities to allow a terminally ill patient's use of medicinal cannabis within the health care facility, as defined, subject to certain restrictions. Existing law requires that health care facilities permitting patient use of medicinal cannabis comply with other drug and medication requirements, as specified, and makes those facilities subject to enforcement actions by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes a health care facility to suspend compliance with these provisions if a regulatory agency, the United States Department of Justice, or the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services takes specified actions, including initiating an enforcement action against a health care facility related to the facility's compliance with a state-regulated medical marijuana program.
California SB 302 (20232024) — Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act.
Existing law, the Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act or Ryan's Law, requires specified types of health care facilities to allow a terminally ill patient's use of medicinal cannabis within the health care facility, as defined, subject to certain restrictions. Existing law requires that health care facilities permitting patient use of medicinal cannabis comply with other drug and medication requirements, as specified, and makes those facilities subject to enforcement actions by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes a health care facility to suspend compliance with these provisions if a regulatory agency, the United States Department of Justice, or the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services takes specified actions, including initiating an enforcement action against a health care facility related to the facility's compliance with a state-regulated medical marijuana program.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB302 Stern et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
SB 302 Stern Senate Third Reading By Waldron — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Stern — primary (person)
Villapudua — coauthor (person)
Waldron — coauthor (person)
Wiener — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-02 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-03 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
2023-02-15 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2023-03-20 Set for hearing March 29.
2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 575.) (March 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-03-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-04-11 Set for hearing April 18.
2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 798.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
2023-05-01 May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1164.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1252.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-06-01 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2023-06-12 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
2023-06-21 Coauthors revised.
2023-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-08-16 August 16 hearing postponed by committee.
2023-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-07 Assembly Rule 69 suspended.
2023-09-07 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
2023-09-14 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3524.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-14 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2023-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2823.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-21 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 484, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a7cec91-f746-446d-91eb-5c064defdcf7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).