SB 663: Packages and labels of cannabis or cannabis products: children.

(1)Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), enacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, and use of marijuana, also known as cannabis, for nonmedical purposes by persons 21 years of age and older. AUMA prohibits a marijuana product from being appealing to children or easily confused with commercially sold candy or foods that do not contain marijuana. AUMA requires, prior to delivery or sale at a retailer, marijuana and marijuana products to be labeled and placed in a resealable, tamper-evident, child resistant package, and prohibits packages and labels from being attractive to children.

This bill would specify that a package or label of cannabis or cannabis products is deemed to be attractive to children if the package or label has specific characteristics, including, among others, displaying a name resembling the name of any candy, snack food, baked good, or beverage commercially sold without cannabis.

(2)AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend, by a majority vote, certain provisions of the act to implement specified substantive provisions, provided that the amendments are consistent with and further specified purposes and the intent of the act.

This bill would declare that its provisions implement specified substantive provisions of AUMA. The bill would also declare that its provisions further specified purposes and the intent of the act.