CA AB 2697

introduced

Cannabis: drive-throughs.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 2697 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 2697 has been introduced but has not advanced to a vote. Latest recorded action (2026-08-27): Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Ashby.

What is CA AB 2697 about?

Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative measure, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA and any applicable local ordinances to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license, if conducted as prescribed. Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act, among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities, and requires the Department of Cannabis Control to administer its provisions. Existing regulation prohibits the sale or delivery of cannabis or cannabis products through a pass-out window or a slide-out tray to the exterior of the licensed premises, except as specified. This bill would authorize a local jurisdiction to allow a licensed cannabis retailer or microbusiness that conducts storefront retail sales from a premises to sell cannabis or cannabis products to a customer in a motor vehicle in a drive-through, if the sales are made through a fixed-pane security window with a security drawer that is part of a building located within the premises, except as specified. The bill would exclude a licensee that conducts retail sales exclusively through delivery or that does not maintain a premises open to the public for retail sales.

Who sponsors CA AB 2697?

Pellerin is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2697.

Description

Introduced: 2026-03-16
Latest action: 2026-08-27 — Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Ashby.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

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2026-08-27
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Ashby.
2026-06-23
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-06-22
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2026-06-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-05-20
Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
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2026-05-12
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-11
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 9. Page 5007.)
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2026-05-07
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-06
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 6).
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2026-04-21
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 2.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-14
Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
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2026-04-13
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-01
In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-03-27
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-03-17
Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
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2026-03-16
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
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2026-03-16
Referred to Com. on B. & P.
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2026-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-02-20
Read first time. To print.
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Versions

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Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-21 · pass · 17-2
Member-level votes (19)
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Berman: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Chen: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Addis: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Hadwick: no
- Bains: no
Do pass.
2026-05-06 · pass · 13-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Solache: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Krell: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ta: no
- Arambula: other
AB 2697 Pellerin Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-11 · pass · 55-9
Member-level votes (80)
- Jackson: yes
- Lee: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Haney: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Berman: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Davies: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Hart: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Chen: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ward: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ramos: no
- DeMaio: no
- Patterson: no
- Hadwick: no
- Sanchez: no
- Muratsuchi: no
- Dixon: no
- Bains: no
- Ta: no
- Solache: other
- Lowenthal: other
- Boerner: other
- Gabriel: other
- Gallagher: other
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Schiavo: other
- Flora: other
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Soria: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Castillo: other
- Patel: other
- Arambula: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-08 · pass · 7-3
Member-level votes (11)
- Archuleta: yes
- Choi: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Niello: no
- Strickland: no
- Menjivar: no
- Umberg: other

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