Regulatory Update: BMCR will withdraw proposed MCRSA regulations and issue new set of MAUCRSA regulations after MCRSA and AUMA are consolidated into MAUCRSA
On Thursday June 15, the California Senate and Assembly passed two bills, SB-94 and AB-110, which are the state legislature’s versions of Governor Brown’s Trailer Bill. The Trailer Bill is the administration’s effort to reconcile the medical and adult use cannabis systems in California, the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MCRSA) and the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA).
The new name for the combined medical and adult use cannabis regulatory framework is the “Medical and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act” (MAUCRSA–we think this would be pronounced MAO-KER-SUH.) (See, Business & Professions Code §26000). The Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation will be renamed the “Bureau of Cannabis Control” (Business & Professions Code §26001(e)).
Governor Brown has until July 1 to sign the bills into law, which he is expected to do. The law would then go into effect immediately once signed.
We contacted the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation to ask what would happen next. The response on June 16, 2017 was:
“The bureau will withdraw the proposed MCRSA regulations and propose a new set of regulations consistent with the changes in the law. However, public comments on the proposed MCRSA regulations are still very important. Many of the provisions in the MCRSA proposed regulations will carry over to the new regulations. Public comment from the MCRSA proposed regulations will provide information for the bureau to use when crafting any new regulations.”
Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) *NEW*
California Cannabis Licensing & Regulatory Agencies
Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation
Department of Food and Agriculture, CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing
Department of Public Health, Office of Manufactured Cannabis Safety
California State Board of Equalization, Tax Guide for Medical Cannabis Businesses
State Water Resources Control Board, Cannabis Cultivation Regulatory Programs
Links and Resources
Governor Brown’s 2017 Trailer Bill – Cannabis Regulation
Department of Public Health, Medical Marijuana Identification Card Program
ACLU Know Your Rights: What to Do If You’re Stopped by Police, Immigration Agents, or the FBI
Midnight Special Law Collective: Dealing With Police
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Nolo Press Legal Encyclopedia, Criminal Law
Organizations of Interest
Students for Sensible Drug Policy
California Cannabis Industry Association
National Cannabis Industry Association
California Growers Association
Sonoma County Growers Alliance
National Cannabis Bar Association
American Civil Liberties Union
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
California Medical Cannabis Appellate Opinions
County of Tulare v. Jeffrey Lee Nunes 215 Cal.App.4th 11 88 [Mar. 2013]
County of Tulare v. Nunes 215 Cal.App.4th 11 88 [Apr. 2013]
City of Monterey v. Carrnshimba 215 Cal.App.4th 1068 [Mar. 2013]
People v. Delgado 214 Cal.App.4th 914 [Mar. 2013]
People Ex Rel. City of Dana Point v. Holistic Health 213 Cal.App.4th 1016 [Feb. 2013]
In re Drake M. 211 Cal.App.4th 754 [Dec. 2012]
People v. Leal 210 Cal.App.4th 829 [Oct. 2012]
People v. Sherow 195 Cal.App.4th 228 [May 2011]
People Ex Rel. Trutanich v. Joseph 204 Cal.App.4th 1512 [March 2012]
People v. Colvin 203 Cal.App.4th 1029 [Feb. 2012]
County of Los Angeles v. Hill 192 Cal.App.4th 861 [Feb. 2011]
People v. Wayman 215 189 Cal.App.4th 215 [Oct. 2010]
Qualified Patients Association v. City of Anaheim 187 Cal.App.4th [Aug. 2010]
People v. Kelly Cal.4th 1008 [Jan. 2010]
People v. Moret 180 Cal.App.4th 839 [Dec. 2009]
City of Claremont v. Kruse 177 Cal.App.4th 1153 [Aug. 2009]
People v. Hochanadel 176 Cal.App.4th 997 [Aug. 2009]
Bearman v. California Medical Board 176 Cal.App.4th 1588 [Aug. 2009]
County of Butte v. Williams Superior Court 175 Cal.App.4th 729 [July 2009]–
In re Alexis E. 171 Cal.App4th 438 [July 2009]
People v. Hopkins 71 Cal. App.4th 305 [Feb. 2009]
People v. Bergen (2008) 166 Cal.App.161 [Aug.2008]
County of San Diego v. San Diego NORML 165 Cal.App.4th 768 [July 2008]
People v. Windus 165 Cal.App.4th [July 2008]
People v. Hua 158 Cal.App.4th 1027 [Jan. 2008]
People v. Chakos 158 Cal.App.4th 357 [Dec. 2007]
People v. Strasbourg 148 Cal.App.4th 1052 [Mar. 2007]
People v. Mentch 50 Cal.Rptr.3d 91 [2007]
People v. Wright 40 Cal.4th 81 [Nov. 2006]
People v. Urziceanu 132 Cal.App.4th 747 [Sept. 2005]
People v. Frazier 128 Cal.App.4th 807 [Apr. 2005]
People v. Spark 121 Cal. App.4th 259 [Aug. 2004]
People v. Konow 32 Cal.4th 995 [Apr. 2004]
People v. Tilehkohh 113 Cal.App.4th 1433 [Dec. 2003]
People v. Jones 112 Cal.App.4th 341 [Sept. 2003]
People v. Mower 28 Cal. 4th 457 [July 2002]
People v. Young 92 Cal.App.4th 229 [Sept. 2001]
People v. Rigo 69 Cal.App.4th 409 [Jan. 1999]
People v. Trippet 56 Cal.App.4th 1532 [Aug. 1997]
People Ex. Rel. Lungreen v. Peron 59 Cal.App.4th 1389 [Dec. 1997]
