republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2210.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cannabis: state temporary event licenses: venues licensed by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control: unsold inventory."
description: "Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. AUMA prohibits a person from smoking or ingesting cannabis or cannabis products in a public place, except as specifically provided by local authorization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2210"
citation: "California AB 2210 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cannabis: state temporary event licenses: venues licensed by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control: unsold inventory."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ad560de-5526-4697-9a3e-de365cd3a839"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2210"
source_hash: "24456a4fb93c873c3d4e02355a7c3e187bc21fce77c4194124c0f4ccf1175cdb"
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 2210 (20212022) — Cannabis: state temporary event licenses: venues licensed by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control: unsold inventory.

Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. AUMA prohibits a person from smoking or ingesting cannabis or cannabis products in a public place, except as specifically provided by local authorization.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2210&version=20210AB221099INT)
2. **04/21/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2210&version=20210AB221098AMD)
3. **04/27/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2210&version=20210AB221097AMD)
4. **06/13/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2210&version=20210AB221096AMD)
5. **08/22/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2210&version=20210AB221095AMD)
6. **09/18/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2210&version=20210AB221093CHP)
7. **AB2210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2210)
8. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2210&version=20210AB221094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2210 Quirk et al. By Caballero — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- AB 2210 Quirk Assembly Third Reading — **59–13** (pass) · lower
- AB 2210 Quirk Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **61–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — **9–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Quirk — primary (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2022-03-03** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) (April 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (April 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 13.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-08** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 5187.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 6.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 391, 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/9ad560de-5526-4697-9a3e-de365cd3a839`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).