The last day to introduce new legislative measures is Friday,
February 16th and legislators have introduced a total of 14
cannabis-related measures in the final year of this two-year
legislative session. CSAC staff expects to see more
measures in the next several days that could include a reduction
to the state excise tax and legislation dealing with tribal
cannabis issues. CSAC will continue to monitor all
cannabis-related legislation and track a variety of cannabis
measures as they move through the legislative process. At this
point, there are four measures that will be of particular
interest to counties.
AB 1863 (Jones-Sawyer): This bill would allow for California
cannabis cultivation businesses to deduct business expenses in
the calculation of personal income tax starting in January 2019.
AB 2020 (Quirk): This bill would allow for local jurisdictions,
including counties, to apply for a temporary cannabis event
permit from the state and would allow for local jurisdictions to
hold cannabis events at a location that has been approved by the
local jurisdiction.
AB 2058 (Chau) This bill would require law enforcement agencies
to report the number of arrests made for driving under the
influence and to report arrests where cannabis is suspected to be
an impairment to the California DMV.
AB 2164 (Cooley) This bill would allow local governments to write
ordinances allowing for cannabis cultivators to have a reasonable
time to correct non-emergency code violations prior to being
fined or subjected to administrative penalties.
