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CALIFORNIA’S LEGISLATURE PRESENT 21 IMPORTANT CANNABIS BILLS TO GOV BROWN
Josh Levine
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In a flurry of activity, the California Legislature passed twenty-one cannabis bills in the last weeks prior to the end of the regular session on August 31st. The Legislature has presented Governor Jerry Brown with fifteen (15) bills for him to either sign or veto. An additional six (6) bills will be presented to the governor following the engrossment process.
The scope of the bills passed by the California Legislature in the last couple of weeks of August has been monumental. The bills address important and meaningful issues raised by constituents. The highlights include the state driven expungement of marijuana convictions; compassionate care programs that permit the donation of cannabis products to individuals in need; the ban of cannabis in alcoholic beverages; the protection of personal data from the federal government; the expansion in industrial hemp cultivation; restricted provisioning of marijuana to animals; equitable expansion of the cannabis industry; and the administration of cannabis on to children on schoolsites.
The following fifteen (15) bills were presented to the governor for his signature. The links below provide the THCReg.com summary article and the final bill text.
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AB-1863 Personal income tax: deduction: commercial cannabis activity.
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AB-2020 Cannabis: local jurisdiction licensees: temporary event license.
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AB-2721 Cannabis: testing laboratories.
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AB-3261 Cannabis.
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SB-1127 Pupil health: administration of medicinal cannabis: schoolsites.
The following six (6) bills are being enrolled and will be presented to the governor shortly. The links below provide the THCReg.com summary article and the final bill text.