Welcome back to Higher Law, our new weekly briefing about all things cannabis. I’m Cheryl Miller, reporting for Law.com from Sacramento, where some random guy outside the state Capitol demanded a high-five from me Wednesday afternoon because, he said, “I am killin’ it today.”

It’s bill deadline week in the California Legislature so there are stressed, sleep-deprived and occasionally thrilled people roaming the streets here. If you have a stake in the handful of marijuana-related bills awaiting votes, may you find hand-slapping success.