California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 175 — Cannabis marketing: packaging and labeling.

Last action — In committee: Held under submission.

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

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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

Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act, 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, regulates the cultivation, distribution, and use of cannabis for medical purposes and for nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older. Under existing law, the Bureau of Cannabis Control is responsible for licensing and regulating retail sales, distribution, and transportation, and the State Department of Public Health is responsible for licensing and regulating manufacturers. Existing law places restrictions on the packaging and labeling of cannabis and cannabis products, including requirements that the packaging be resealable, child resistant, and not made attractive to children. This bill would require a manufacturer, prior to introducing an edible cannabis product into commerce in California, to submit the packaging and labeling to the State Department of Public Health for approval and would require the department to determine whether the packaging and labeling are in compliance with the requirements of prescribed provisions of law, including the requirements that the packaging be child resistant and not attractive to children, as specified. The bill would authorize the department to charge a manufacturer a fee for the determination, in an amount no greater than the amount required to cover the actual and reasonable costs of administering the approval program. AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend, by a majority vote, certain provisions of the act to implement specified substantive provisions, provided that the amendments are consistent with and further specified purposes and the intent of the act. This bill would declare that its provisions implement specified substantive provisions of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act. The bill would also declare that its provisions further specified purposes and the intent of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In committee: Held under submission.

  2. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  3. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  4. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  5. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  6. Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and HEALTH.

  7. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  8. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 13. Page 1956.)

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1776.)

  11. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  12. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (May 26).

  13. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  14. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  15. Coauthors revised.

  16. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  17. Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH.

  18. From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.

  19. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Chau · Primary
  • Cooper · Cosponsor
  • Jones-Sawyer · Cosponsor
  • Voepel · Cosponsor
  • Waldron · Cosponsor
  • Travis Allen · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 116 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Chau

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (116)

116 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 175 CHAU Assembly Third Reading

Passed 61 Yea · 13 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 15100
Unaffiliated 441003
Republican 2203
Total 611306
% of votes cast 76%16%0%8%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Kiley — Yea
Mathis — Nay
O'Donnell — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Not Voting
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Burke — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Gray — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Harper — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Melendez — Not Voting
Obernolte — Nay
Acosta — Nay
Baker — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Cunningham — Nay
Ting — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Nay
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay
Patterson, Joe Republican Not Voting

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 175 do?
Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act, 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, regulates the cultivation, distribution, and use of cannabis for medical purposes and for nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older. Under existing law, the Bureau of Cannabis Control is responsible for licensing and regulating retail sales, distribution, and transportation, and the State Department of Public Health is responsible for licensing and regulating manufacturers. Existing law places restrictions on the packaging and labeling of cannabis and cannabis products, including requirements that the packaging be resealable, child resistant, and not made attractive to children. This bill would require a manufacturer, prior to introducing an edible cannabis product into commerce in California, to submit the packaging and labeling to the State Department of Public Health for approval and would require the department to determine whether the packaging and labeling are in compliance with the requirements of prescribed provisions of law, including the requirements that the packaging be child resistant and not attractive to children, as specified. The bill would authorize the department to charge a manufacturer a fee for the determination, in an amount no greater than the amount required to cover the actual and reasonable costs of administering the approval program. AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend, by a majority vote, certain provisions of the act to implement specified substantive provisions, provided that the amendments are consistent with and further specified purposes and the intent of the act. This bill would declare that its provisions implement specified substantive provisions of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act. The bill would also declare that its provisions further specified purposes and the intent of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act.
Who sponsors AB 175?
AB 175 is sponsored by Chau, Cooper, Jones-Sawyer, Voepel, Waldron, and Travis Allen.
What is the current status of AB 175?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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 AB 175?
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