LAST UPDATED 9/1/2026
SIGNED INTO LAW
AB-2249 (Irwin) Cannabis: labels, packaging and manufacturing. Signed by the Governor after extensive amendments in the Senate.
BILLS PASSED BY LEGISLATURE; MUST BE SIGNED (OR VETOED) BY THE GOVERNOR BY 9/30:
AB 1965 (Sharp-Collins) Cannabis: testing: quality assurance. On Governor’s desk. Cal NORML has sent a letter in support of this bill.
AB-2532 (Irwin) Cannabis: labels, packaging and manufacturing (beverages). Passed Assembly concurrence by 74-0, with Asms. Bauer-Kahan, Gipson, Haney, Lee, and McKinnor not voting. Heading to enrollment.
An amendment added on 5/7 says, “If the cannabis product is a cannabis beverage containing more than one serving, the bill would require a consumer to be offered, at the time of purchase and at no additional charge, a measuring instrument or measuring device that allows the consumer to measure a single serving for consumption.”
AB 2250 (Aguiar-Curry) Modify AB 8 to exclude CBN from the definition of cannabis concentrate. Passed Assembly concurrence vote 78-0 with only Asm. Ta not voting.
AB 2667 (Hadwick) Vape products: household hazardous waste: advertising. Passed Assembly concurrence vote 78-0 with Asm. Krell not voting.
Would allow authorize hazardous waste collection facilities to mechanically disassemble vape pens and devices, and prohibit nicotine or cannabis vapes using certain branding to appeal to minors, packaged to conceal the nature of their use, or including interactive videogame capabilities.
SB-1272 (Menjivar) – Local ordinances: administrative fines or penalties. Passed Senate concurrence vote 40-0.
BILLS NOT ADVANCING:
AB 2697 (Pellerin) Cannabis drive-throughs. Passed Assembly and Senate Com. on B. P. and E.D.; passed Appropriations (with minimal cost provision); pulled in the Senate before vote.
To authorize a local jurisdiction to allow a licensed cannabis retailer to conduct sales or deliveries at a drive-through, pass-out window, or slide-out tray, if the sales and deliveries are made through a fixed-pane security window with a security drawer.
AB 1826 (Lackey; Coauthors: Chen and Hadwick). To improve due process around the recall, embargo, and destruction of cannabis products. Sponsored by CCIA. Passed Assembly and Senate Com. on B. P. and E.D. Died in Senate Appropriations suspense file. Cal NORML joined a sign-on letter in support of this bill.
AB 2506 (Hart) Cannabis: tribal-state agreements. Passed Assembly and Senate Com. on B. P. and E.D. Stuck in Senate Appropriations suspense file.
Would allow the Governor to enter into agreements on behalf of tribes with CA licensees, other states authorizing medicinal or adult-use commercial cannabis activity, and foreign licensees, subject to “federal approval or toleration” of cross-border commerce. The amended language mimics SB 1326 (Caballero, 2021/22) which authorizes Gubernatorial agreements between other states and countries, should the US DOJ issue an opinion “allowing or tolerating interstate transfer of cannabis.”
AB 2537 (Chen) Cannabis Enforcement Accountability and Public Health Prioritization Act of 2026. Passed Assembly and Senate Com. on B. P. and E.D. Got stuck in Senate Appropriations suspense file.
Would “require the DCC to prioritize its enforcement of MAUCRSA in a manner consistent with a risk-based enforcement framework that focuses on material threats while applying less intensive and less punitive measures on minor technical or administrative violations by licensees.” Sponsored by CaCOA.
AB 1884 (Hadwick/Sharp-Collins) Interscholastic athletics: drug testing: suspensions: nicotine use. Passed Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, & Tourism; hearing in Education committee cancelled at request of the author.
This bill was been amended to allow schools with drug testing programs to also test for nicotine, limit it to athletics, and require diversion instead of banning participation for a positive drug test. We will continue to watch.
AB-2420 (Caloza) Cannabis: donations: seniors. Authorizes cannabis retailers to donate cannabis or cannabis products to persons 65 years of age and older. 14-APR-26 hearing in Asm. B & P cancelled at request of author.
AB-2617 (Schiavo) NO LONGER A CANNABIS BILL. It’s now the Protecting Kids from Online Gambling Act.
AB-2246 (Wicks) NO LONGER A CANNABIS BILL. It’s now the Youth Social Media Protection Act: report.