New Cannabis bills passed in California on 8-31-18.
Cannabis bills that passed
Senate Bill 1459
What it will do: Establish a provisional business license for cannabis companies that are in the process of getting their full annual permits.
The provisional license is a stopgap measure that will enable many temporary license holders to continue operations legally after Dec. 31 – when all temporary licenses expire – while obtaining a full annual license.
Lawmakers approved this last-minute measure Aug. 31.
SB 311
What it will do: Allow licensed distributors to transport cannabis products to – and sell to – other distributors instead of only to retail shops, microbusinesses and testing labs, thereby giving more flexibility to the state’s MJ supply chain.
Assembly Bill 1863
What it will do: Permit licensed marijuana companies to deduct standard business expenses under the state personal income tax.
AB 1741
What it will do: Allow cannabis businesses to pay state taxes by means other than electronic-funds transfer, a step needed by many companies that do not have access to banks. They could also pay by cash or money order, for instance.
SB 1294
What it will do: Require state regulators, including the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC), to begin work on a state-run, social equity program for the marijuana industry.
The bill gives the BCC until July 2019 to adopt “model equity ordinances” to be used statewide by city and county governments that want to give victims of the war on drugs a leg up in the newly regulated marijuana industry.
SB 829
What it will do: Resurrect “compassion programs” by allowing certain cannabis businesses to give free marijuana products to medical patients that qualify via their income status and have doctors’ recommendations for MMJ and a state ID card.
AB 2020
What it will do: Expands the choice of venues where legal cannabis festivals such as the Emerald Cup can be held.
Currently, events that allow recreational marijuana sales and consumption are limited to county fairgrounds or properties run by district agricultural associations.
This bill will allow such events to be held at any site as long as organizers have permission of local authorities
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