California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 1 D cosponsors

SB 1097 — Cannabis and cannabis products: labeling and advertisement.

Last action — Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Reyes.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

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. 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, including retail commercial cannabis activity, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Cannabis Control. Existing law requires cannabis and cannabis product labels and inserts to include specified warnings about the safety of cannabis use. This<caml:Numerator>1</caml:Numerator><caml:Denominator>3</caml:Denominator></caml:Fraction> of the front or principal face of a product, is in the largest type possible for the area, is bright yellow, and includes a pictorial or graphic element, as specified, and one of a series of warnings. The bill would require the licensee to use a mandated rotating warnings approach where batches of products are equally divided between the prescribed messages."?> bill would require the department, on or before July 1, 2025, to adopt regulations to require cannabis and cannabis product labels and inserts to include a clear and prominent warning regarding the risks that cannabis use may contribute to mental health problems, in addition to existing labeling requirements. The bill would require the department, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health and the University of California, including the University of California San Francisco Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, to reevaluate the regulations every 5 years, commencing January 1, 2030, to determine whether the regulations reflect the state of the evolving science on cannabis health effects and on effective communication of health warnings. This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2024, and in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, to create and post for public use a single-page flat or folded brochure that includes prescribed information, including, among other things, the recommendation that new users start with lower doses and the dangers of purchasing illegally sold cannabis and cannabis products. The bill would require, on and after March 1, 2024, a retailer or microbusiness selling, or person delivering, cannabis or cannabis products to a consumer offer each new consumer a copy of the brochure at the time of first purchase or delivery and to have the brochures visibly available at point of service. The bill would require the department, commencing January 1, 2030, and every 5 years thereafter, to either recertify the information in the brochure or provide updated language, as specified.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Reyes.

  2. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  3. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 11).

  4. August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

  5. (Corrected July 7).

  6. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  7. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21).

  8. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.

  9. Referred to Com. on B. & P.

  10. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  11. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 3. Page 3928.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  12. Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3927.)

  13. Motion to reconsider made by Senator Pan.

  14. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 3.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  16. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  17. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3783.) (May 19).

  18. Set for hearing May 19.

  19. April 18 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.

  20. Set for hearing April 18.

  21. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3307.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  22. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

  23. Set for hearing April 4.

  24. Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

  25. From printer.

  26. Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.

  27. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Pan · Primary
  • Jacqui Irwin · Cosponsor
  • McCarty · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Pan

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Do pass.

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5002
Democratic 7000
Republican 1001
Total 13003
% of votes cast 81%0%0%19%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Levine — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Holden — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Vince Fong — Not Voting
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5002
Democratic 6003
Republican 0003
Total 11008
% of votes cast 58%0%0%42%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Friedman — Yea
Ting — Yea
Medina — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Cunningham — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Vince Fong — Not Voting
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Not Voting
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Not Voting
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Not Voting
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting

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3rd Reading SB1097 Pan Reconsider

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 13000
Unaffiliated 22001
Republican 4000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Pan — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Min — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Bates — Yea
Newman — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Hertzberg — Not Voting
Melendez — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Yea

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3rd Reading

Passed 25 Yea · 3 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 12100
Unaffiliated 12209
Republican 1003
Total 253012
% of votes cast 63%8%0%30%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Pan — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Min — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Newman — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Bates — Not Voting
Borgeas — Not Voting
Hertzberg — Not Voting
Kamlager — Not Voting
Roth — Not Voting
Nielsen — Not Voting
Dodd — Not Voting
Bradford — Not Voting
Melendez — Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 5 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3002
Republican 1000
Democratic 1000
Total 5002
% of votes cast 71%0%0%29%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Portantino — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Bates — Not Voting
Bradford — Not Voting
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1000
Unaffiliated 5000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3006
Republican 2000
Democratic 3000
Total 8006
% of votes cast 57%0%0%43%
How each member voted (14)
Member Party Vote
Pan — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Min — Yea
Newman — Not Voting
Eggman — Not Voting
Dodd — Not Voting
Melendez — Not Voting
Bates — Not Voting
Roth — Not Voting
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1097 do?
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. 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, including retail commercial cannabis activity, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Cannabis Control. Existing law requires cannabis and cannabis product labels and inserts to include specified warnings about the safety of cannabis use. This<caml:Numerator>1</caml:Numerator><caml:Denominator>3</caml:Denominator></caml:Fraction> of the front or principal face of a product, is in the largest type possible for the area, is bright yellow, and includes a pictorial or graphic element, as specified, and one of a series of warnings. The bill would require the licensee to use a mandated rotating warnings approach where batches of products are equally divided between the prescribed messages."?> bill would require the department, on or before July 1, 2025, to adopt regulations to require cannabis and cannabis product labels and inserts to include a clear and prominent warning regarding the risks that cannabis use may contribute to mental health problems, in addition to existing labeling requirements. The bill would require the department, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health and the University of California, including the University of California San Francisco Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, to reevaluate the regulations every 5 years, commencing January 1, 2030, to determine whether the regulations reflect the state of the evolving science on cannabis health effects and on effective communication of health warnings. This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2024, and in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, to create and post for public use a single-page flat or folded brochure that includes prescribed information, including, among other things, the recommendation that new users start with lower doses and the dangers of purchasing illegally sold cannabis and cannabis products. The bill would require, on and after March 1, 2024, a retailer or microbusiness selling, or person delivering, cannabis or cannabis products to a consumer offer each new consumer a copy of the brochure at the time of first purchase or delivery and to have the brochures visibly available at point of service. The bill would require the department, commencing January 1, 2030, and every 5 years thereafter, to either recertify the information in the brochure or provide updated language, as specified.
Who sponsors SB 1097?
SB 1097 is sponsored by Pan, Irwin, Jacqui (Democratic), and McCarty.
What is the current status of SB 1097?
This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 1097?
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