Blanca Rubio
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 48
Author
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. MAUCRSA establishes the Department of Cannabis Control and imposes duties on the department with respect to the creation, issuance, denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses issued pursuant to MAUCRSA. MAUCRSA imposes a civil penalty on a person engaging in commercial cannabis activity without a license as required by the act, of up to 3 times the amount of the license fee for each violation. This bill would impose a civil penalty on persons aiding and abetting unlicensed commercial cannabis activity of up to 3 times the amount of the license fee for each violation, but in no case more than $30,000 for each violation. The bill would prohibit filing an action for civil penalties brought against a person pursuant to MAUCRSA 3 years after the discovery of the violation. The bill would require a court to consider certain factors in assessing a penalty for engaging in or aiding and abetting unlicensed commercial cannabis activity. The bill would require that certain factors be demonstrated in order to prove that a person aided and abetted an unlicensed cannabis activity. The bill would authorize an action for civil penalties on persons aiding and abetting unlicensed commercial cannabis activity to be brought exclusively by the Attorney General, or in jurisdictions meeting specified population requirements, by the city prosecutor or city or county counsel. MAUCRSA requires civil penalties collected by the Attorney General in an action brought against a person pursuant to the act on behalf of the people to be deposited into the General Fund. This bill would instead require civil penalties collected by the Attorney General in an action brought against a person pursuant to MAUCRSA on behalf of the people, the department, or a participating agency to be first used to reimburse the Attorney General and the department or participating agency for the costs of investigating and prosecuting the action brought for civil penalties, with the remainder collected, if any, to be deposited into the General Fund. By authorizing the expenditure of civil penalties, which are general funds, to be used to reimburse the Attorney General and the department, or participating agency, this bill would make an appropriation. AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend the act to further the purposes and intent of the act with a 23 vote of the membership of both houses of the Legislature, except as provided. This bill would declare that its provisions further the purposes and intent of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 530, Statutes of 2021.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2567.).
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3071.).
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3063.)
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 14).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E.D. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
Referred to Coms. on JUD. and B., P. & E.D.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1682.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 20).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1138 | HTML |
| 02/18/21 - Introduced | |
| 04/21/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/08/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/15/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/03/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/14/21 - Enrolled | |
| 10/05/21 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/19/21- Assembly Business and Professions | |
| 04/17/21- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 05/03/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/24/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 07/03/21- Senate Judiciary | |
| 07/13/21- Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development | |
| 08/13/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/28/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/07/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/09/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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