Huge thank you to Josh Wurzer and Leo Welder, Co-Chairs from our Quality Control Committee, for all of their hard work on this issue. This is a giant step forward for legal cannabis! After meeting with the Department of Cannabis Control, Senator John Laird, Governor Gavin Newsom’s office and multiple other legislators, California Cannabis Industry Association Lindsay Robinson was able to help advance more sensible regulation on behalf of our members and the entire legal industry!

Read CCIA's public comments on the DCC modifications to proposed rulemaking regarding a standard cannabinoid test method and Large cultivation licenses

Read about the movement of cannabis bills in the final week of the legislative session!

Read about CCIA's successful efforts to stop SB 1097 (Pan)

The comments submitted to the DCC on behalf of the CCIA regarding proposed regulations for lab standards and large cultivation licenses

Read the comments that CCIA has brought to the DCC in response to their modified proposed regulations published on 7/6

An update on cannabis legislation for July 2022

On June 29, the Legislature approved, with nearly unanimous bi-partisan support, AB 195 (Budget Committee), the budget trailer bill on cannabis. The governor signed the measure on June 30, allowing it to take effect on July 1. Continue reading below:

Read the CCIA's comments on the passage of the Cannabis Trailer Bill (AB 195)

Huge legislative update!

A letter from more than 50 cannabis businesses and organization expressing opposition to SB 1097 (Pan)

The CCIA's letter to Governor Newsom regarding the cannabis tax reform trailer bill language.

Included in this post are all of the CCIA's position letters for the 2022 legislative session.

The CCIA's notice of co-sponsorship for SB 1186 (Wiener) which would prevent local jurisdictions from barring access to medical cannabis.

The CCIA's notice of support for SB 1148 (Laird) which would streamline the licensing process by removing duplicative CEQA analysis requirements.

A coalition letter in opposition to SB 1097 (Pan) which would create excessive packaging requirements for cannabis products.

A coalition letter in support of AB 2691 (Wood) which would create a temporary cultivator event retail license so that craft producers can have an opportunity to sell their product direct to consumer.

The CCIA's notice of support for AB 2210 (Quirk) which clarifies the role of the Alcoholic Beverage Control in temporary cannabis events licensed by the Department of Cannabis Control.

Updates from the Senate Governance and Finance Committee, DCC Oversight Hearing, and Federal Meetings on Capitol Hill

February 18 was the last day to introduce bills for the 2022 California Legislative Session. A total of 611 bills were introduced between the two houses on the final day of introductions for a total of 2,020 bills introduced for this 2022 Session. To date, 37 cannabis-related bills have been identified, which are summarized below. This list will likely be updated as bills are amended and referred to legislative policy committees. CCIA’s Board of Directors will be adopting positions on all these bills with significant

Show your support for provisional license extensions!

Sacramento, CA-The California Cannabis Industry Association (“CCIA”)which is the leading cannabis trade association in the state of California is thrilled to report the passage of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE)through the

Dear Speaker Pelosi: For the safety of our employees and our communities, we the undersigned implore you to ensure the SAFE Banking Act remains part of COVID relief. As you know, the SAFE Banking passed out of the House on two occasions.

Dear Governor Newsom: On behalf of the California Cannabis Industry Association we thank you for your leadership in this unprecedented and extraordinarily challenging time. We also wish to express our deepest gratitude to you and your Administration...

Summary of Governor Gavin Newsom's Spending Plan for the 2020-21 Fiscal Year

Public Comment to BCC Regulations

AB 397 Fact Sheet

SB 67 Notice of Support

SB 223 Fact Sheet

AB 37 - Tax Deductions for Cannabis Businesses

AB 37 Sponsor/Support Letter

SB 34 Cannabis Donation: Notice of Support

AB 286 Temporary Tax Reduction

AB 953: Cannabis CryptoBanking

SB 51: Banking for the Cannabis Industry

Press Release: BCC Accepting Equity Grant Applications

SB 67: Temporary Licenses Extensions Fact Sheet

CCIA Public Comment 11.2.2018

Quirk Bill Creates Parity in Testing of Cannabis Plants

Track and Trace

AB 1741

These are the formal comments that CCIA has submitted on behalf of our members. We hope you’ll find these useful while crafting your own comments, which is part of the reason we pushed so hard to have these done a few days early.

CCIA Legislative Tracker

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