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type: "Bill"
title: "Cannabis: cannabinoids: industrial hemp."
description: "(1) The Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law regulates the packaging, labeling, and advertising of food, beverages, and cosmetics and makes it a crime to distribute in commerce any food, drug, device, or cosmetic if its packaging or labeling does not conform to these provisions. Existing law establishes a process for the embargo, condemnation, and destruction of a food, drug, device, or cosmetic that is adulterated, misbranded, or falsely advertised, gives the authority to place items under embargo to authorized agents of the State Department of Public Health, and requires the department to take specified actions. Violation of the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 8"
citation: "California AB 8 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Cannabis", "cannabinoids", "industrialhemp"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aguiar-Curry"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 38
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-12-02"
last_action: "2025-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b68e0335-360c-462e-9b9a-cedbabca5ddb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB8"
source_hash: "735b5cf62d4da9583e49dc477ee49d45050ec03a159982ab8963c280961c5b89"
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 AB 8 (20252026) — Cannabis: cannabinoids: industrial hemp.
(1) The Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law regulates the packaging, labeling, and advertising of food, beverages, and cosmetics and makes it a crime to distribute in commerce any food, drug, device, or cosmetic if its packaging or labeling does not conform to these provisions. Existing law establishes a process for the embargo, condemnation, and destruction of a food, drug, device, or cosmetic that is adulterated, misbranded, or falsely advertised, gives the authority to place items under embargo to authorized agents of the State Department of Public Health, and requires the department to take specified actions. Violation of the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law is a misdemeanor.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/02/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB8&version=20250AB899INT)
2. **03/18/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB8&version=20250AB898AMD)
3. **04/21/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB8&version=20250AB897AMD)
4. **05/05/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB8&version=20250AB896AMD)
5. **05/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB8&version=20250AB895AMD)
6. **08/29/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB8&version=20250AB894AMD)
7. **09/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB8&version=20250AB893AMD)
8. **10/02/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB8&version=20250AB891CHP)
9. **AB8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB8)
10. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB8&version=20250AB892ENR)
## Votes
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB8 Aguiar-Curry By Ashby — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 8 AGUIAR-CURRY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 8 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading — **73–1** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-12-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-12-03** From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2025-05-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1627.)
- **2025-05-23** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 1894.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-11** Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-08-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2995.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-13** Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
- **2025-09-13** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3484.)
- **2025-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 3491.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 248, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b68e0335-360c-462e-9b9a-cedbabca5ddb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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