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SB 1262 Senate Bill-Bill Analysis Page 16 of 18 Page 21 a) AB 473 (Ammiano) of the current legislative session would have created the Division of Medical Marijuana Regulation and Enforcement in order to regulate the cultivation, manufacture, testing, transportation, distribution, and sale of medical marijuana. AB 473 failed passage on the Assembly floor. b) AB.604 (Ammiano) of the current legislative session, was gutted and amended from a different subject matter and would have enacted the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Control Act. AB 604 was never heard by the Senate Public Safety Committee. c) AB 2312 (Ammiano), of the 2011-12 Legislative Session, would have established the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Control Act, authorizing local taxes on medical cannabis and creating a board to regulate the medical cannabis industry. AB 2312 was never heard by the Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. d) AB 1300 (Blumenfield), Chapter 196, Statutes of 2011, provides that a local government entity may enact an ordinance regulating the location, operation or establishment of a medical marijuana cooperative or collective; authorizes local government entity to enforce such ordinances through civil or criminal remedies and actions; and authorizes a local government entity to enact any ordinance that is consistent with the Medical Marijuana Program. AB 1300 did not directly regulate medical marijuana facilities. e) SB 626 (Calderon), of the 2011-12 Legislative Session, would have required the Board of Equalization (BOE) to establish a nine-member task force to conduct a study to determine ways to enhance collections of sales and use taxes on retail sales of marijuana and ensure proper regulation of the cultivation, transportation, and distribution of marijuana and marijuana products. SB 626 was held on the Senate Appropriations Committee's Suspense File. f) AB 390 (Ammiano), of the 2009-10 Legislative Session, would have legalized the possession, sale, cultivation and other conduct relating to marijuana and required Alcoholic SB 1262 Page 22 Beverage Control (ABC) to administer and enforce the terms of legalized marijuana. AB 390 passed this Committee and was never heard by the Assembly Committee on Health. g) 5B 1098 (Migden) , of the 2007-08 Legislative Session, would have required the State Board of Equalization to administer a tax amnesty program, as specified, for medical marijuana dispensaries, as defined. SB 1098 was never voted on by the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee. h) SB 420 (Vasconcellos) Chapter 875, Statutes of 2003, established the Medical Marijuana Program Act, a statewide, voluntary program for the issuance of identification cards to identify persons authorized to engage in the medical use of marijuana under the Compassionate Use Act. i) Proposition 215, of the November 1996 General Election, http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/sen/sb_1 251-13OO/sb_1262_cfa_2O14O626_11195O_asm_comm.htm I 7/3/2014