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type: "Bill"
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title: "Cannabis convictions: resentencing."
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description: "Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , enacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, and use of cannabis for nonmedical purposes by individuals 21 years of age and older. Under AUMA, a person 21 years of age or older may, among other things, possess, process, transport, purchase, obtain, or give away, as specified, up to 28.5 grams of cannabis and up to 8 grams of concentrated cannabis. Existing law authorizes a person to petition for the recall or dismissal of a sentence, dismissal and sealing of a conviction, or redesignation of a conviction of an offense for which a lesser offense or no offense would be imposed under AUMA."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 1793"
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citation: "California AB 1793 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Cannabis convictions: resentencing."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ed64783-7d6f-4ff7-9921-67900ed729db"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1793"
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source_hash: "09911261ba8debb75a564e57e7b31507762dffd2cfd55151f7d1039ce9d7573e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1793 (20172018) — Cannabis convictions: resentencing.
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Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , enacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, and use of cannabis for nonmedical purposes by individuals 21 years of age and older. Under AUMA, a person 21 years of age or older may, among other things, possess, process, transport, purchase, obtain, or give away, as specified, up to 28.5 grams of cannabis and up to 8 grams of concentrated cannabis. Existing law authorizes a person to petition for the recall or dismissal of a sentence, dismissal and sealing of a conviction, or redesignation of a conviction of an offense for which a lesser offense or no offense would be imposed under AUMA.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/09/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1793&version=20170AB179399INT)
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2. **03/22/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1793&version=20170AB179398AMD)
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3. **04/12/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1793&version=20170AB179397AMD)
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4. **05/25/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1793&version=20170AB179396AMD)
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5. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1793&version=20170AB179394CHP)
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6. **AB1793** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1793)
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7. **08/23/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1793&version=20170AB179395ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1793 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — **43–28** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1793 Bonta et al. By Wiener — **28–10** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bonta — primary (person)
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- Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
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- Quirk — coauthor (person)
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- Skinner — principal coauthor (person)
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- Wiener — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
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- **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2018-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 28. Page 5631.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2018-06-13** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 5589.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-22** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2018-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 993, Statutes of 2018.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ed64783-7d6f-4ff7-9921-67900ed729db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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