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Cannabis: medicinal and adult use.

It became law on Jun 27, 2017.

CA SB 94 · Senate Bill · 2017–2018

Stage
Became law
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Senate
Sponsor
1
Latest action
Jun 27, 2017

What it does

(1) The California Uniform Controlled Substances Act makes various acts involving marijuana a crime except as authorized by law. Under the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 and existing law commonly referred to as the Medical Marijuana Program, these authorized exceptions include exemptions for the use of marijuana for personal medical purposes by patients pursuant to physician's recommendations and exemptions for acts by those patients and their primary caregivers related to that personal medical use. The Medical Marijuana Program also provides immunity from arrest to those exempt patients or designated primary caregivers who engage in certain acts involving marijuana, up to certain limits,…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Jun 27, 2017

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Who is involved

Sponsors

The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal ReviewLead sponsor

Where it goes next

Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in California.

Work with this bill

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