republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1954.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physicians and surgeons: treatment and medication of patients using cannabis."
description: "Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties over the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons. The act authorizes the board to take action against all persons guilty of violating the act. The act makes it a misdemeanor for any person, whether licensed under the act or not, to violate specified provisions of the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1954"
citation: "California AB 1954 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Physicians and surgeons: treatment and medication of patients using cannabis."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-09-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5025046-3f19-468f-85f2-c56d5cdb1a34"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1954"
source_hash: "60adbe115e651b83601c3d4fc9fcc4b2028c88515924575574744331c89bb632"
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 1954 (20212022) — Physicians and surgeons: treatment and medication of patients using cannabis.

Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties over the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons. The act authorizes the board to take action against all persons guilty of violating the act. The act makes it a misdemeanor for any person, whether licensed under the act or not, to violate specified provisions of the act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1954&version=20210AB195499INT)
2. **04/20/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1954&version=20210AB195498AMD)
3. **05/19/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1954&version=20210AB195497AMD)
4. **09/02/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1954&version=20210AB195495CHP)
5. **AB1954** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1954)
6. **08/19/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1954&version=20210AB195496ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1954 Quirk By Eggman — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1954 Quirk Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Quirk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2022-02-18** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4738.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4911.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4873.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-09-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 232, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5025046-3f19-468f-85f2-c56d5cdb1a34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).