5a13be122b
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
102 lines
7.1 KiB
Markdown
102 lines
7.1 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "Cannabis provisional licenses: local equity applicants."
|
||
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, and establishes the Department of Cannabis Control to administer its provisions."
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
|
||
legislature: "California Legislature"
|
||
session: "20232024"
|
||
identifier: "SB 51"
|
||
citation: "California SB 51 (20232024)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: ["Cannabis provisional licenses", "local equity applicants"]
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
|
||
version_count: 7
|
||
action_count: 31
|
||
vote_count: 8
|
||
first_action: "2022-12-05"
|
||
last_action: "2023-10-08"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0301f191-110d-4019-b405-2ebb85508a75"
|
||
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB51"
|
||
source_hash: "0b04dc29249218c5f1aa8c26d1f38099671dfac6c7f1da2449547e6fd1843219"
|
||
vintage: "2026-07-01"
|
||
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
|
||
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
|
||
confidence: "reported"
|
||
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
# California SB 51 (20232024) — Cannabis provisional licenses: local equity applicants.
|
||
|
||
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, and establishes the Department of Cannabis Control to administer its provisions.
|
||
|
||
## Version chain
|
||
|
||
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
|
||
|
||
1. **12/05/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB51&version=20230SB5199INT)
|
||
2. **05/22/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB51&version=20230SB5198AMD)
|
||
3. **07/12/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB51&version=20230SB5197AMD)
|
||
4. **09/08/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB51&version=20230SB5196AMD)
|
||
5. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB51&version=20230SB5194CHP)
|
||
6. **SB51** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB51)
|
||
7. **09/15/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB51&version=20230SB5195ENR)
|
||
|
||
## Votes
|
||
|
||
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **34–3** (pass) · upper
|
||
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
|
||
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
- SB 51 Bradford Senate Third Reading By McCarty — **70–4** (pass) · lower
|
||
- Unfinished Business SB51 Bradford et al. Concurrence — **35–3** (pass) · upper
|
||
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
|
||
- Do pass. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
|
||
|
||
## Sponsors
|
||
|
||
- Bradford — primary (person)
|
||
- Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
|
||
|
||
## Timeline
|
||
|
||
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
|
||
|
||
- **2022-12-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
|
||
- **2022-12-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
|
||
- **2023-01-18** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2023-03-06** Set for hearing March 27.
|
||
- **2023-03-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 535.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
|
||
- **2023-03-29** Set for hearing April 10.
|
||
- **2023-04-10** April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
|
||
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
|
||
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1158.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
|
||
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
|
||
- **2023-05-22** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
|
||
- **2023-05-22** Ordered to second reading.
|
||
- **2023-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
|
||
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 3. Page 1402.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
|
||
- **2023-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
|
||
- **2023-06-08** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2023-06-27** June 27 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
|
||
- **2023-07-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
|
||
- **2023-07-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, 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 12. Noes 1.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
|
||
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
|
||
- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
|
||
- **2023-09-08** Ordered to third reading.
|
||
- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 3147.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
|
||
- **2023-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
|
||
- **2023-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 2733.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
|
||
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
|
||
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
|
||
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 593, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
|
||
|
||
## Source
|
||
|
||
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0301f191-110d-4019-b405-2ebb85508a75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
|
||
|