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type: "Bill"
title: "Cannabis: water resources."
description: "Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , approved by the voters as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, transport, storage, manufacturing, testing, processing, sale, and use of marijuana for nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older. Under AUMA, a person 18 years of age or older who plants, cultivates, harvests, dries, or processes more than 6 living cannabis plants, or any part thereof, may be charged with a felony if specified conditions exist, including when the offense causes substantial environmental harm to public lands or other public resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 753"
citation: "California SB 753 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cannabis", "water resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caballero"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb6f278a-d13c-4f92-8d31-8f9dfb50bdca"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB753"
source_hash: "954ed300fd4bd679317a537320b7d4e42a8ee7f4f717f206d4f7fdca0284e297"
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 753 (20232024) — Cannabis: water resources.
Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , approved by the voters as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, transport, storage, manufacturing, testing, processing, sale, and use of marijuana for nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older. Under AUMA, a person 18 years of age or older who plants, cultivates, harvests, dries, or processes more than 6 living cannabis plants, or any part thereof, may be charged with a felony if specified conditions exist, including when the offense causes substantial environmental harm to public lands or other public resources.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB753&version=20230SB75399INT)
2. **03/20/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB753&version=20230SB75398AMD)
3. **05/18/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB753&version=20230SB75397AMD)
4. **06/29/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB753&version=20230SB75396AMD)
5. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB753&version=20230SB75394CHP)
6. **SB753** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB753)
7. **09/15/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB753&version=20230SB75395ENR)
## Votes
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB753 Caballero et al. By Stern Concurrence — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife] — **80** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB753 Caballero et al. — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] — **50** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **100** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
- SB 753 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Megan Dahle — **760** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Caballero — primary (person)
- Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Hurtado — coauthor (person)
- Megan Dahle — principal coauthor (person)
- Stern — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Coms. on PUB S. and N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2023-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 660.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 900.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2023-05-08** May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1182.) (May 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1396.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-15** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** August 16 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`
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3321.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2747.) 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 504, 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/bb6f278a-d13c-4f92-8d31-8f9dfb50bdca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).