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Urge your legislator to support AB 564 (Haney) CHALLENGE : California's legal cannabis industry is facing SOLUTION : Assembly Bill 564 (Haney) prevents the scheduled excise tax increase by repealing the requirement

. – Today, the California Assembly passed Assembly Bill 564 (Haney) , which rolls back the cannabis excise response, CaCOA’s Executive Director, Amy O'Gorman Jenkins, issued the following: "Today's passage of AB 564 proves that sound policy wins when lawmakers listen to data over rhetoric.

Assembly Bill 564 (Haney) restores the excise tax rate from 19% to 15%, a critical step to protect public Setting the Record Straight on AB 564 MYTH:  The cannabis industry is choosing profits over children FACT: If AB 564 doesn't pass, community programs will receive less  money, not more. MYTH: AB 564 will cost the state $180 million annually FACT: This is backwards math. The choice is clear: Pass AB 564 to protect the legal cannabis market AND the programs it funds, or watch

AB 564 helps level the playing field. D–San Francisco) " The cannabis industry is grateful to Governor Newsom for his leadership in signing AB 564. Amy O'Gorman Jenkins, CaCOA Executive Director AB 564 reverses a 25% tax increase on California’s legal LEARN MORE: Oppose Sacramento Cannabis Tax Hike | Support AB 564 - CaCOA Advocacy

Make your voice heard: urge California state legislators to VOTE YES ON AB 564 . How Cannabis Excise Taxes Actually Work AB 564 addresses consumer pricing because consumers (not cannabis AB 564 aligns tax policy with voter intent: keeping cannabis regulated, transparent, and taxed at rates AB 564 is the realistic path to achieving this mandate by protecting Californians from dangerous, illicit Make your voice heard: urge California state legislators to VOTE YES ON AB 564 .

California's legal cannabis industry achieved a crucial milestone this week as both AB 564 and AB 8 passed YES ON AB 564 (HANEY) - CANNABIS EXCISE TAX Assembly Bill 564,  co-sponsored by CaCOA, would halt the AB 564 heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee next month. TAKE ACTION 1️⃣   Urge your state senator to vote yes on AB 564 2️⃣   Share how the tax hike has hurt 564: California Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee  (July 9, 2025) YES ON AB 8 (AGUIAR-CURRY) - INTOXICATING

FULL ARTICLE: Weed Tax Hike Repealed: California Legislature Passes AB 564, Which Will Bring the Cannabis

AB 8 builds on the enforcement framework of AB 45 (Aguiar-Curry, 2021) and fulfills a long-standing legislative Assembly Bill 564 (Haney) AB 564, co-sponsored by CaCOA , restores the excise tax rate from 19% to 15% will of voters, and safeguarding tax revenue that supports essential community programs, Assembly Bill 564 With the passage of AB 564 out of the Senate Appropriations Committee, lawmakers have taken a critical Urge your legislators to support AB 8 and AB 564 . Not a member?

“California should do everything it can to stabilize the regulated market, and AB 564 offers a lifeline AB 564 repeals the automatic tax increase enacted under AB 195 (Budget Committee, 2022), which empowers “AB 564 will help level the playing field, protect jobs, and keep California competitive in the national AB 564 is a common-sense solution to help keep our jobs, protect consumers, and make the promise of Prop CaCOA is also encouraging members to submit letters of support for AB 564 and to work with local governments

564 Offers Path to Roll Back Short-Sighted Policy SACRAMENTO, Calif However, because AB 564 is a policy bill and not part of the state budget process, it cannot take effect I appreciate that the State Assembly has already unanimously passed my bill, AB 564, to freeze the tax "Every day we delay action on AB 564, more Californians are priced out of the legal market and into the TAKE ACTION: Californians can urge their legislators to support AB 564 at   cacoa.org/dont-raise-taxes

In the Senate’s floor debate on AB 564 earlier this month, state lawmakers alluded to the idea that a During AB 564’s committee hearings, many cannabis industry advocates said they believed there would be

Urge your legislator to support AB 8 (Aguiar-Curry) Download CaCOA's co-sponsor support letter Download Aguiar-Curry's AB 8 fact sheet Explore the new white paper, The Great Hemp Hoax CHALLENGE: Despite Governor AB 8 builds on the enforcement framework of AB 45 (Aguiar-Curry, 2021) and fulfills a long-standing legislative Without AB 8, intoxicating hemp products will continue to evade testing, taxation, and oversight, threatening AB 8 offers a responsible, science-based, and enforceable path forward to protect consumers while supporting