Kharla Vezzetti 
SACRAMENTO – The state Assembly voted 41-33 to approve a bill by Asm. Reggie Jones-Sawyer (AB 1578) barring California law enforcement officials from cooperating with federal officials seeking to interfere with California’s marijuana laws. The bill’s sponsor Asm. Reggie Jones-Sawyer spoke at the ASA / Cal NORML lobby day on June 5 and enjoined the …
Sign a Petition To Protect Patient Access from Burdensome Manufacturing Regulations California’s Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation has released a notice of rule making with hearing dates starting June 1 and draft regulations for retailers and distributors as well as laboratories. The California Department of Food and Agriculture has proposed regulations for cultivation, nurseries, and …
See Lobby Day 2018 Page May 16, 2017 – For the first time, California NORML is teaming up with Americans for Safe Access to co-sponsor a Citizens Lobby Day in Sacramento on June 5, 2017. Cannabis consumers across California are urged to attend and make their views known to lawmakers on several key bills that …
SACRAMENTO, Apr 26th – The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee approved a bill to ban smoking and vaping of tobacco, cannabis and other medicinal herbs. The bill, AB 62 by Asm. Jim Wood, passed by a unanimous vote and now proceeds to the full Assembly. Cal NORML opposed the bill on the grounds that …
UPDATE 9/12/17: SB 65 was signed by the Governor. It reads: “A person shall not drink any alcoholic beverage or smoke or ingest marijuana or any marijuana product while driving a motor vehicle,” or “while riding as a passenger in any motor vehicle,” whether on a highway or off-road. Violations will be punished as infractions. …
UPDATE: The bill number is SB 94 April 4, 2017 – The Governor’s office has released a draft trailer budget bill, attempting to reconcile MCRSA (medical marijuana law passed by the legislature in 2015) and AUMA (passed by the voters as Prop. 64 in November 2016). Unlike Gov. Brown’s proposal of last year to merge …
February 24 – Asked about state marijuana laws yesterday, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that while medical marijuana was “very different than recreational use,” he opined, “When you see something like the opioid addiction crisis blossoming around so many states … the last thing we should be doing is encouraging people.” It is widely understood …
February 22, 2017 – The final bills for this year’s legislative session have been introduced in Sacramento. There are 44 bills that could affect cannabis law and policy in California. Cal NORML is consulting with our attorneys and others on positions and priorities on these bills, which we will be tracking and announcing hearings and …
January 1, 2017 – Prop. 64 inadvertently failed to spell out any penalty for smoking or using marijuana while driving, although it did state this was not legal (HSC 11362.3(a)7), and explicitly make possession of an open container of marijuana in a vehicle an infraction (HSC 11362.4(b) & 11362.3(a)4). Now, Senator Jerry Hill (San Mateo) …
UPDATE 2019: AB 1793 (Bonta), to automatically expunge or resentence certain past marijuana crimes without requiring the filing of a petition, passed and was signed into law in 2018, and is codified as Ca Health & Safety Code 11361.9. READ MORE. The California Judicial Council has forms online for any cannabis convict or defendant—adult or …