Bill Text: CA AB34 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Medical cannabis.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB34 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB34-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 34	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonta

                        DECEMBER 1, 2014

   An act relating to medical cannabis.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 34, as introduced, Bonta. Medical cannabis: state regulation.
   Existing law, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, an initiative
measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 215 at the November 6,
1996, statewide general election, authorizes the use of marijuana
for medical purposes. Existing law enacted by the Legislature,
commonly referred to as the Medical Marijuana Program Act, requires
the establishment of a program for the issuance of identification
cards to qualified patients so that they may lawfully use marijuana
for medical purposes, and requires the establishment of guidelines
for the lawful cultivation of marijuana grown for medical use.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would establish a comprehensive and uniform state
regulatory structure to govern the cultivation, processing, testing,
and distribution of medical cannabis.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would establish a comprehensive and uniform state
regulatory structure to govern the cultivation, processing, testing,
and distribution of medical cannabis.