republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1186.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicinal Cannabis Patients' Right of Access Act."
description: "Existing law, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, an initiative measure enacted by Proposition 215 at the November 6, 1996, statewide general election, declares that its purpose is, among other things, to ensure that seriously ill Californians have the right to obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes, as specified, and exempts from state criminal liability certain patients and their primary caregivers who possess or cultivate marijuana for the personal medical purposes of the patient. Existing law, known as the Medical Marijuana Program, establishes a voluntary registration program for qualified medicinal cannabis patients and their primary caregivers through a statewide identification card system maintained by the State Department of Public Health and sets forth guidelines for the possession of medicinal cannabis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1186"
citation: "California SB 1186 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medicinal Cannabis Patients' Right of Access Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiener"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a47fafcc-8823-4914-88b3-62410e285b04"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1186"
source_hash: "8b6131001797474c1a14036c681c4490d42bb0c00b13aac14e6e42e45fdc5920"
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 SB 1186 (20212022) — Medicinal Cannabis Patients' Right of Access Act.

Existing law, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, an initiative measure enacted by Proposition 215 at the November 6, 1996, statewide general election, declares that its purpose is, among other things, to ensure that seriously ill Californians have the right to obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes, as specified, and exempts from state criminal liability certain patients and their primary caregivers who possess or cultivate marijuana for the personal medical purposes of the patient. Existing law, known as the Medical Marijuana Program, establishes a voluntary registration program for qualified medicinal cannabis patients and their primary caregivers through a statewide identification card system maintained by the State Department of Public Health and sets forth guidelines for the possession of medicinal cannabis.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1186&version=20210SB118699INT)
2. **03/10/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1186&version=20210SB118698AMD)
3. **03/29/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1186&version=20210SB118697AMD)
4. **04/25/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1186&version=20210SB118696AMD)
5. **06/22/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1186&version=20210SB118695AMD)
6. **06/29/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1186&version=20210SB118694AMD)
7. **08/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1186&version=20210SB118693AMD)
8. **08/22/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1186&version=20210SB118692AMD)
9. **09/18/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1186&version=20210SB118690CHP)
10. **SB1186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1186)
11. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1186&version=20210SB118691ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- SB 1186 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Kalra — **46–17** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1186 Wiener et al. Concurrence — **24–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **8–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **13–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wiener — primary (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-18** From printer.
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Re-referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D., GOV. & F., and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** Referral to Com. on E.Q. rescinded because of the limitations placed on committee hearings due to ongoing health and safety risks of the COVID-19 virus.
- **2022-03-25** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2022-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 8. Noes 4. Page 3308.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2022-04-13** April 21 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-04-14** Set for hearing April 20.
- **2022-04-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3460.) (April 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2022-05-09** May 9 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2022-05-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 9. Page 3832.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-09** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 5335.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 395, 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/a47fafcc-8823-4914-88b3-62410e285b04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).