republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2721.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cannabis: testing laboratories."
description: "Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) , which includes the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , enacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, provides for the licensure and regulation of commercial cannabis activity, including testing laboratories. Existing law prohibits the sale of cannabis or cannabis products unless a representative sample of the cannabis or cannabis product has been tested by a testing laboratory. Existing law authorizes testing laboratories to receive and test samples of cannabis or cannabis products from a qualified patient or primary caregiver only if the qualified patient or primary caregiver presents the qualified patient's valid physician's recommendation for cannabis for medicinal purposes. Existing law prohibits testing laboratories from certifying samples from a qualified patient or primary caregiver for resale or transfer to another party or licensee. Existing law requires all tests performed by a testing laboratory for a qualified patient or primary caregiver to be recorded with the name of the qualified patient or primary caregiver and the amount of cannabis or cannabis product received."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2721"
citation: "California AB 2721 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cannabis: testing laboratories."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/090ece95-ff8a-4bfe-9aee-fcf1257b07e7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2721"
source_hash: "e7d9a6b50da2cf678eb7a8390b0f86908fd22add712393d75c8dacea5704737d"
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 2721 (20172018) — Cannabis: testing laboratories.

Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) , which includes the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , enacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, provides for the licensure and regulation of commercial cannabis activity, including testing laboratories. Existing law prohibits the sale of cannabis or cannabis products unless a representative sample of the cannabis or cannabis product has been tested by a testing laboratory. Existing law authorizes testing laboratories to receive and test samples of cannabis or cannabis products from a qualified patient or primary caregiver only if the qualified patient or primary caregiver presents the qualified patient's valid physician's recommendation for cannabis for medicinal purposes. Existing law prohibits testing laboratories from certifying samples from a qualified patient or primary caregiver for resale or transfer to another party or licensee. Existing law requires all tests performed by a testing laboratory for a qualified patient or primary caregiver to be recorded with the name of the qualified patient or primary caregiver and the amount of cannabis or cannabis product received.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2721&version=20170AB272199INT)
2. **03/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2721&version=20170AB272198AMD)
3. **09/19/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2721&version=20170AB272196CHP)
4. **AB2721** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2721)
5. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2721&version=20170AB272197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2721 Quirk By Wiener — **33–5** (pass) · upper
- AB 2721 QUIRK Assembly Third Reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Quirk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 5121.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 5436.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 546, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/090ece95-ff8a-4bfe-9aee-fcf1257b07e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).