During the 2024 legislative session, a range of proposals were considered, with some signed into law and others vetoed. These outcomes reflect the key priorities and decisions that shaped the year.
AB 179
Committee on Budget, State government.
Status: 09/30/2024 – Chaptered by Secretary of State – Chapter 997, Statutes of 2024
Summary: This bill makes certain changes to the process for submission and review of fingerprint images and criminal history information by the Department of Cannabis Control and the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation and adds requirements regulating the process for submission and review of
fingerprint images and criminal history information by the Department of Consumer Affairs, the State Department of Developmental Services, the Department of General Services, the Department of Health Care Access and Information, the Public Employees’ Retirement System, the State Department of Public Health, and the State Department of Social Services.
AB 1111
(Pellerin, D) Cannabis: small producer event sales license
Status: 09/29/2024 – Vetoed by Governor
Summary: This bill would have established a small producer event sales license to be issued by the Department of Cannabis Control, no later than January 1, 2026, to specified cultivators for the retail sale of cannabis goods at licensed temporary events.
AB 1775
Haney, D. Cannabis: retail preparation, sale, and consumption of non-cannabis food and beverage products.
Status: 09/30/2024 – Chaptered by Secretary of State – Chapter 1004, Statutes of 2024. Read the Signing Message
Summary: This bill authorizes, contingent upon approval of a local jurisdiction, a cannabis retailer or microbusiness (retailer) who operates a consumption lounge to prepare and sell onsite nonalcoholic, non-cannabis-infused food and beverages as well as host live events and sell tickets to said events. The retailer is required to store and display any non-cannabis food and beverages separately and distinctly on the licensed premises. Further, the retailer is prohibited from preparing or selling industrial hemp or any products containing industrial hemp.
AB 1832
Rubio, Blanca, D. Civil Rights Department: Labor Trafficking Task Force.
Status: 09/27/2024 – Vetoed by Governor
Summary: This bill would have established the Labor Trafficking Task Force within the Civil Rights Department and would have required the task force to coordinate with the Labor Enforcement Task Force, the Department of Justice, and the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement within the Department of Industrial Relations, as well as other relevant departments, including the Department of Cannabis Control, to take steps to prevent labor trafficking as well as receive and investigate complaints alleging labor trafficking
AB 2555
Quirk-Silva, D. Sales and use tax: exemption: medicinal cannabis: donations.
Status: 09/29/2024 – Chaptered by Secretary of State – Chapter 920, Statutes of 2024
Summary: This bill extends, until January 1, 2030, the sales and use tax exemption for medicinal cannabis donated by a licensed cannabis retailer to a qualifying patient or medicinal cannabis cardholder.
AB 2643
Wood, D. Cannabis cultivation: environmental remediation.
Status: 09/28/2024 – Chaptered by Secretary of State – Chapter 839, Statutes of 2024
Summary: This bill requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to report on the restoration of watershed environments damaged by unlicensed cannabis cultivation. Civil penalty proceeds from enforcing against unlicensed cultivation will be redirected to a new fund established by the bill.
SB 1059
Bradford, D. Cannabis: local taxation: gross receipts.
Status: 09/28/2024 – Chaptered by Secretary of State – Chapter 874, Statutes of 2024
Summary: This bill prohibits local jurisdictions from including the amount of certain state-authorized taxes in the definition of gross receipts for purposes of imposing a local tax or fee on a cannabis retailer. This includes taxes imposed pursuant to the Cannabis Tax Law, Sales and Use Tax Law, and the Transactions and Use Tax Law.
SB 1064
Laird, D. Cannabis: operator and separate premises license types: excessive concentration of licenses.
Status: 09/28/2024 – Chaptered by Secretary of State – Chapter 875, Statutes of 2024
Summary: This bill requires the Department of Cannabis Control to establish a combined activities license that allows the same business to conduct two or more commercial activities, excluding laboratory testing, at one location (premises) under a single license. It also specifies that ownership-related information for a licensed cannabis business does not need to be resubmitted for new license applications if the ownership-related information is unchanged and eliminates the prohibition that prevents more than one business from occupying a single premise.
SB 1109
Bradford, D. Cannabis: demographic information of license applicants.
Status: 09/28/2024 – Chaptered by Secretary of State – Chapter 878, Statutes of 2024
Summary: This bill requires the Department of Cannabis Control to collect, consolidate and publish aggregate demographic data on cannabis applicants, including but not limited to, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, income and education levels, prior convictions, and veteran status. The information shall be provided voluntarily and posted on the Department’s internet website. This demographic information shall not be a condition of licensure or license renewal and shall only become operative when the Department unifies its licensing system for commercial cannabis activity.
SB 1498
Ashby, D. Cannabis and industrial hemp: advertising: civil action.
Status: 09/28/2024 – Chaptered by Secretary of State – Chapter 899, Statutes of 2024
Summary: This bill places existing marketing restrictions, including restrictions on advertising and marketing to children, on persons conducting unlicensed commercial cannabis activity and industrial hemp product manufacturers, distributors and sellers. This bill also authorizes the Attorney General, county counsels, and city attorneys to bring suit and seek civil penalties ranging from $5,000 to $30,000 dollars against persons in violation of these advertising and marketing laws.