SB 622: Cannabis regulation: plant identification program: unique identifier.

(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 recorded in a manner as determined by the department by regulation.

(2)AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend its provisions by a ²/₃ vote of each house if the amendment furthers its purposes and intent.

This bill would declare that its provisions further the purposes and intent of AUMA.