Reggie Jones-Sawyer
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 57
Author
Existing law, 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. Existing law, 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. Existing law establishes the Department of Cannabis Control within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. Under existing law, the department is under the supervision and control of a director who is appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend by majority vote certain provisions of the act to implement specified substantive provisions, provided that the amendments are consistent with and further the purposes and intent of AUMA. Existing law authorizes the department to issue a mandatory recall order and to require the licensee to immediately cease distribution of cannabis or a cannabis product and recall the cannabis or cannabis product, as specified. MAUCRSA prohibits cannabis and cannabis products from being sold unless a representative sample of specified batches has been tested by a licensed testing laboratory. Existing law subjects cannabis batches to quality assurance standards and testing prior to sale at a retailer, microbusiness, or nonprofit licensed as specified. This bill would require the department to maintain on its internet website a record of all recall orders issued, as specified. The bill would make specified changes to the testing standards, including requiring testing for cannabigerolic acid and heavy metals. The bill would also subject testing laboratories to in-person audits by the department at least once every 2 years and would require the results of those audits to be posted on the department's internet website. The bill would require the department, on or before July 1, 2026, to establish standard operating procedures for conducting audits, including frequency, manner, and notification requirements. This bill would authorize a quality assurance compliance monitor to conduct random quality assurance reviews at a retailer's or a microbusiness's licensed premises to ensure the labeling and packaging of the cannabis and cannabis products conform to specified requirements.
In committee: Held under submission.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D.
In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2036.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1610 | HTML |
| 02/17/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/23/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/05/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/19/24 - Amended Senate |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/14/23- Assembly Business and Professions | |
| 05/08/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/19/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/02/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 11/05/24- Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development |
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