CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 622Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 15, 2023 An act to amend Section 26069 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 622, as introduced, Allen. Cannabis regulation: plant identification program.(1) Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), approved by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, transport, storage, manufacturing, testing, processing, sale, and use of marijuana for nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older. 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 requires the Department of Cannabis Control to implement a unique identification program for cannabis and cannabis products and requires the program to include the identification of permitted cannabis plants at a cultivation site during the cultivation period. Existing law requires a unique identifier to be issued for each cannabis plant and to be attached at the base of each plant or as otherwise required by law or regulation.This bill would instead require the unique identifier to be attached to each plant as required by regulation.(2) 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. This bill would state that the Legislature finds and declares that this bill implements substantive provisions of AUMA and is consistent with, and furthers the purposes and intent of, AUMA. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 26069 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:26069. (a) (1) The department shall implement a unique identification program for cannabis and cannabis products.(2) The unique identification program shall include the identification of permitted cannabis plants at a cultivation site during the cultivation period. A unique identifier shall be issued for each cannabis plant. The department shall ensure that unique identifiers are issued as quickly as possible to ensure the implementation of this division. The unique identifier shall be attached at the base of to each plant or as otherwise required by law or regulation.(b) Unique identifiers shall only be issued to those persons appropriately licensed by this division.(c) Information associated with the assigned unique identifier and licensee shall be included in the trace and track program specified in Section 26067.(d) The department may charge a fee to cover the reasonable costs of issuing the unique identifier and monitoring, tracking, and inspecting each cannabis plant.(e) The department shall take adequate steps to establish protections against fraudulent unique identifiers and limit illegal diversion of unique identifiers to unlicensed persons.(f) A city, county, or city and county may administer unique identifiers and associated identifying information but a city, county, or city and countys identifiers shall not supplant the departments track and trace program.(g) This section does not apply to the cultivation of cannabis in accordance with Section 11362.1 of the Health and Safety Code or the Compassionate Use Act.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, amending Section 26069 of the Business and Professions Code, implements Section 6.1 of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act and is consistent with, and furthers the purposes and intent of, that act as stated in Section 3 of that act.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 622Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 15, 2023 An act to amend Section 26069 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 622, as introduced, Allen. Cannabis regulation: plant identification program.(1) Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), approved by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, transport, storage, manufacturing, testing, processing, sale, and use of marijuana for nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older. 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 requires the Department of Cannabis Control to implement a unique identification program for cannabis and cannabis products and requires the program to include the identification of permitted cannabis plants at a cultivation site during the cultivation period. Existing law requires a unique identifier to be issued for each cannabis plant and to be attached at the base of each plant or as otherwise required by law or regulation.This bill would instead require the unique identifier to be attached to each plant as required by regulation.(2) 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. This bill would state that the Legislature finds and declares that this bill implements substantive provisions of AUMA and is consistent with, and furthers the purposes and intent of, AUMA. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 622
Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 15, 2023
Introduced by Senator Allen
February 15, 2023
An act to amend Section 26069 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 622, as introduced, Allen. Cannabis regulation: plant identification program.
(1) Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), approved by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, transport, storage, manufacturing, testing, processing, sale, and use of marijuana for nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older. 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 requires the Department of Cannabis Control to implement a unique identification program for cannabis and cannabis products and requires the program to include the identification of permitted cannabis plants at a cultivation site during the cultivation period. Existing law requires a unique identifier to be issued for each cannabis plant and to be attached at the base of each plant or as otherwise required by law or regulation.This bill would instead require the unique identifier to be attached to each plant as required by regulation.(2) 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. This bill would state that the Legislature finds and declares that this bill implements substantive provisions of AUMA and is consistent with, and furthers the purposes and intent of, AUMA.
(1) Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), approved by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, transport, storage, manufacturing, testing, processing, sale, and use of marijuana for nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older. 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 requires the Department of Cannabis Control to implement a unique identification program for cannabis and cannabis products and requires the program to include the identification of permitted cannabis plants at a cultivation site during the cultivation period. Existing law requires a unique identifier to be issued for each cannabis plant and to be attached at the base of each plant or as otherwise required by law or regulation.
This bill would instead require the unique identifier to be attached to each plant as required by regulation.
(2) 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.
This bill would state that the Legislature finds and declares that this bill implements substantive provisions of AUMA and is consistent with, and furthers the purposes and intent of, AUMA.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 26069 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:26069. (a) (1) The department shall implement a unique identification program for cannabis and cannabis products.(2) The unique identification program shall include the identification of permitted cannabis plants at a cultivation site during the cultivation period. A unique identifier shall be issued for each cannabis plant. The department shall ensure that unique identifiers are issued as quickly as possible to ensure the implementation of this division. The unique identifier shall be attached at the base of to each plant or as otherwise required by law or regulation.(b) Unique identifiers shall only be issued to those persons appropriately licensed by this division.(c) Information associated with the assigned unique identifier and licensee shall be included in the trace and track program specified in Section 26067.(d) The department may charge a fee to cover the reasonable costs of issuing the unique identifier and monitoring, tracking, and inspecting each cannabis plant.(e) The department shall take adequate steps to establish protections against fraudulent unique identifiers and limit illegal diversion of unique identifiers to unlicensed persons.(f) A city, county, or city and county may administer unique identifiers and associated identifying information but a city, county, or city and countys identifiers shall not supplant the departments track and trace program.(g) This section does not apply to the cultivation of cannabis in accordance with Section 11362.1 of the Health and Safety Code or the Compassionate Use Act.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, amending Section 26069 of the Business and Professions Code, implements Section 6.1 of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act and is consistent with, and furthers the purposes and intent of, that act as stated in Section 3 of that act.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 26069 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:26069. (a) (1) The department shall implement a unique identification program for cannabis and cannabis products.(2) The unique identification program shall include the identification of permitted cannabis plants at a cultivation site during the cultivation period. A unique identifier shall be issued for each cannabis plant. The department shall ensure that unique identifiers are issued as quickly as possible to ensure the implementation of this division. The unique identifier shall be attached at the base of to each plant or as otherwise required by law or regulation.(b) Unique identifiers shall only be issued to those persons appropriately licensed by this division.(c) Information associated with the assigned unique identifier and licensee shall be included in the trace and track program specified in Section 26067.(d) The department may charge a fee to cover the reasonable costs of issuing the unique identifier and monitoring, tracking, and inspecting each cannabis plant.(e) The department shall take adequate steps to establish protections against fraudulent unique identifiers and limit illegal diversion of unique identifiers to unlicensed persons.(f) A city, county, or city and county may administer unique identifiers and associated identifying information but a city, county, or city and countys identifiers shall not supplant the departments track and trace program.(g) This section does not apply to the cultivation of cannabis in accordance with Section 11362.1 of the Health and Safety Code or the Compassionate Use Act.
SECTION 1. Section 26069 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
26069. (a) (1) The department shall implement a unique identification program for cannabis and cannabis products.(2) The unique identification program shall include the identification of permitted cannabis plants at a cultivation site during the cultivation period. A unique identifier shall be issued for each cannabis plant. The department shall ensure that unique identifiers are issued as quickly as possible to ensure the implementation of this division. The unique identifier shall be attached at the base of to each plant or as otherwise required by law or regulation.(b) Unique identifiers shall only be issued to those persons appropriately licensed by this division.(c) Information associated with the assigned unique identifier and licensee shall be included in the trace and track program specified in Section 26067.(d) The department may charge a fee to cover the reasonable costs of issuing the unique identifier and monitoring, tracking, and inspecting each cannabis plant.(e) The department shall take adequate steps to establish protections against fraudulent unique identifiers and limit illegal diversion of unique identifiers to unlicensed persons.(f) A city, county, or city and county may administer unique identifiers and associated identifying information but a city, county, or city and countys identifiers shall not supplant the departments track and trace program.(g) This section does not apply to the cultivation of cannabis in accordance with Section 11362.1 of the Health and Safety Code or the Compassionate Use Act.
26069. (a) (1) The department shall implement a unique identification program for cannabis and cannabis products.(2) The unique identification program shall include the identification of permitted cannabis plants at a cultivation site during the cultivation period. A unique identifier shall be issued for each cannabis plant. The department shall ensure that unique identifiers are issued as quickly as possible to ensure the implementation of this division. The unique identifier shall be attached at the base of to each plant or as otherwise required by law or regulation.(b) Unique identifiers shall only be issued to those persons appropriately licensed by this division.(c) Information associated with the assigned unique identifier and licensee shall be included in the trace and track program specified in Section 26067.(d) The department may charge a fee to cover the reasonable costs of issuing the unique identifier and monitoring, tracking, and inspecting each cannabis plant.(e) The department shall take adequate steps to establish protections against fraudulent unique identifiers and limit illegal diversion of unique identifiers to unlicensed persons.(f) A city, county, or city and county may administer unique identifiers and associated identifying information but a city, county, or city and countys identifiers shall not supplant the departments track and trace program.(g) This section does not apply to the cultivation of cannabis in accordance with Section 11362.1 of the Health and Safety Code or the Compassionate Use Act.
26069. (a) (1) The department shall implement a unique identification program for cannabis and cannabis products.(2) The unique identification program shall include the identification of permitted cannabis plants at a cultivation site during the cultivation period. A unique identifier shall be issued for each cannabis plant. The department shall ensure that unique identifiers are issued as quickly as possible to ensure the implementation of this division. The unique identifier shall be attached at the base of to each plant or as otherwise required by law or regulation.(b) Unique identifiers shall only be issued to those persons appropriately licensed by this division.(c) Information associated with the assigned unique identifier and licensee shall be included in the trace and track program specified in Section 26067.(d) The department may charge a fee to cover the reasonable costs of issuing the unique identifier and monitoring, tracking, and inspecting each cannabis plant.(e) The department shall take adequate steps to establish protections against fraudulent unique identifiers and limit illegal diversion of unique identifiers to unlicensed persons.(f) A city, county, or city and county may administer unique identifiers and associated identifying information but a city, county, or city and countys identifiers shall not supplant the departments track and trace program.(g) This section does not apply to the cultivation of cannabis in accordance with Section 11362.1 of the Health and Safety Code or the Compassionate Use Act.
26069. (a) (1) The department shall implement a unique identification program for cannabis and cannabis products.
(2) The unique identification program shall include the identification of permitted cannabis plants at a cultivation site during the cultivation period. A unique identifier shall be issued for each cannabis plant. The department shall ensure that unique identifiers are issued as quickly as possible to ensure the implementation of this division. The unique identifier shall be attached at the base of to each plant or as otherwise required by law or regulation.
(b) Unique identifiers shall only be issued to those persons appropriately licensed by this division.
(c) Information associated with the assigned unique identifier and licensee shall be included in the trace and track program specified in Section 26067.
(d) The department may charge a fee to cover the reasonable costs of issuing the unique identifier and monitoring, tracking, and inspecting each cannabis plant.
(e) The department shall take adequate steps to establish protections against fraudulent unique identifiers and limit illegal diversion of unique identifiers to unlicensed persons.
(f) A city, county, or city and county may administer unique identifiers and associated identifying information but a city, county, or city and countys identifiers shall not supplant the departments track and trace program.
(g) This section does not apply to the cultivation of cannabis in accordance with Section 11362.1 of the Health and Safety Code or the Compassionate Use Act.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, amending Section 26069 of the Business and Professions Code, implements Section 6.1 of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act and is consistent with, and furthers the purposes and intent of, that act as stated in Section 3 of that act.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, amending Section 26069 of the Business and Professions Code, implements Section 6.1 of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act and is consistent with, and furthers the purposes and intent of, that act as stated in Section 3 of that act.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, amending Section 26069 of the Business and Professions Code, implements Section 6.1 of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act and is consistent with, and furthers the purposes and intent of, that act as stated in Section 3 of that act.
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