SB 833 — Cannabis licensing: cultivation licenses: changing license type: inactive status.

Summary

(1) Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , approved by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, transport, storage, manufacturing, testing, processing, sale, and use of marijuana for nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older. 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. Under existing law, the Department of Cannabis Control may issue cannabis cultivation licenses to commercial cannabis businesses that differ depending on the size of the cultivation site and whether the site is indoor, outdoor, or mixed-light. Existing law requires the department to charge each licensee a licensure and renewal fee, as applicable. This bill would require the department, beginning no later than March 1, 2024, to allow a cultivation licensee to change the type of size of a cultivation license or to place a cultivation license in inactive status. The bill would authorize a licensee, at the license renewal, to change an existing cultivation license to a type with a smaller maximum canopy size, and at each subsequent license renewal, to restore the original type, maintain the type that the license was changed to at the license renewal, or change to a different type with a maximum canopy size smaller than the original type. The bill would prohibit a licensee who holds a license in inactive status from engaging in the cultivation of cannabis, except as specified, would require a license in inactive status to remain in inactive status until the license is next renewed, and would require a licensee who holds a license in inactive status to pay a reduced license fee. The bill would require the department, in implementing these provisions, to allow each licensee a one-time opportunity to change the date of license renewal. (2) AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend its provisions by a 23 vote of each house if the amendment furthers its purposes and intent. This bill would declare that its provisions further the purposes and intent of AUMA.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 10/13/23 - Chaptered Current pdf October 13, 2023
• Enrolled 09/15/23 - Enrolled pdf September 15, 2023
• Amended 06/22/23 - Amended Assembly pdf June 22, 2023
• Amended 03/22/23 - Amended Senate pdf March 22, 2023
• Introduced 02/17/23 - Introduced pdf February 17, 2023
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Action History

1. October 13, 2023

   Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 886, Statutes of 2023.

2. October 13, 2023

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 20, 2023

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

4. September 13, 2023

   Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2748.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

5. August 24, 2023

   In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

6. August 24, 2023

   Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2803.) Ordered to the Senate.

7. August 17, 2023

   Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

8. August 16, 2023

   From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16).

9. June 27, 2023

   From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

10. June 22, 2023

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

11. June 08, 2023

    Referred to Com. on B. & P.

12. May 31, 2023

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

13. May 30, 2023

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 1361.) Ordered to the Assembly.

14. May 18, 2023

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

15. May 18, 2023

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1185.) (May 18).

16. May 12, 2023

    Set for hearing May 18.

17. May 08, 2023

    May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.

18. May 01, 2023

    Set for hearing May 8.

19. April 24, 2023

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 854.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

20. April 03, 2023

    Set for hearing April 24.

21. March 29, 2023

    Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D.

22. March 22, 2023

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

23. March 01, 2023

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

24. February 21, 2023

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.

25. February 17, 2023

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

Sponsors

• Mike McGuire · Primary

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