republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-858.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cannabis: cultivation."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , approved by the voters 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. 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 858"
citation: "California AB 858 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cannabis: cultivation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4756b37f-ab28-46eb-b3bb-86de24a67a1b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB858"
source_hash: "870c7641bac996897c8f5030351394beb18e0fae17b0c4e55c2de16c3322770b"
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 858 (20192020) — Cannabis: cultivation.

(1) Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , approved by the voters 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. 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.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/20/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB858&version=20190AB85899INT)
2. **04/03/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB858&version=20190AB85898AMD)
3. **06/10/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB858&version=20190AB85897AMD)
4. **08/21/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB858&version=20190AB85896AMD)
5. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB858&version=20190AB85894CHP)
6. **AB858** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB858)
7. **09/11/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB858&version=20190AB85895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 858 Levine Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB858 Levine By McGuire — **32–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 858 Levine Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1590.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E.D. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 7. Page 2570.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3156.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 809, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4756b37f-ab28-46eb-b3bb-86de24a67a1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).