Cannabis: track and trace.

(1) Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , approved by the voters as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, transport, storage, manufacturing, testing, processing, sale, and use of marijuana for nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older. The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) , among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities. MAUCRSA requires the Department of Food and Agriculture, in consultation with the Bureau of Cannabis Control, to establish a track and trace program for reporting the movement of cannabis and cannabis products throughout the distribution chain. Existing law requires the track and trace program to capture, at a minimum, information on the licensee receiving the product, the transaction date, and the cultivator from which the product originates. Existing law requires the track and trace program to include an electronic seed to sale software tracking system with data points for the different stages of commercial activity, including, but not limited to, cultivation, harvest, processing, distribution, inventory, and sale. This bill would require the information recorded by the track and trace program to additionally include the date of retail sale to a customer, whether the sale is on the retail premises or by delivery, and the delivery inventory ledger. (2) To facilitate the administration of the track and trace program, existing law requires the department to create an electronic database containing electronic shipping manifests with, at a minimum, specified information about shipments. Existing law requires licensing authorities, upon the request of a state or local law enforcement agency, to allow access to or provide information contained within this database to assist law enforcement in their duties and responsibilities pursuant to MAUCRSA. Existing law states that information received and contained in records kept by the department or licensing authorities pursuant to the track and trace program and the above-described provisions is confidential and exempt from disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act, except as necessary for authorized employees of the State of California or any city, county, or city and county to perform official duties pursuant to MAUCRSA or a local ordinance. This bill would require the department, in consultation with the bureau, to ensure, no later than July 1, 2020, that the track and trace program is fully integrated into the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, as described. Existing law establishes requirements and procedures regarding deliveries of cannabis, as specified, applicable to licensees, their employees, and customers. This bill would require a licensed retailer, before leaving the licensed premises, to upload its delivery inventory ledger to the track and trace system if accessible or to otherwise transmit it to the bureau by electronic mail. Existing law requires the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development to establish and maintain the CALGOLD program to provide electronic online assistance, resources, and tools that may be used by businesses to streamline and expedite compliance with laws and regulations. This bill would add the cannabis industry to the list of businesses that may be included in future updates to the CALGOLD program. Existing law requires local jurisdictions to provide the bureau with information regarding local ordinances or regulations related to commercial cannabis activities, as specified, and requires the bureau to share such information with other licensing authorities. This bill would allow the bureau to share information regarding local ordinances and regulations with the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development during periodic updates of the CALGOLD program. (3) AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend its provisions with a 23 vote of both houses to further its purposes and intent. This bill would declare that its provisions further specified purposes and intent of AUMA.