California Cannabis Bills for 2026

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Several cannabis bills have been introduced in the California legislature, many of them on the deadline of February 20. Cal NORML will be tracking the following:

AB 1564 (Ahrens) – Medicinal cannabis: shipments

AB 1826 (Lackey) Cannabis: recall, embargo, and destruction of cannabis and cannabis products.

AB 1965 (Sharp-Collins) Cannabis: testing: quality assurance.

AB-2249 (Irwin) Cannabis: youth advertising and marketing.

AB-2532 (Irwin) Cannabis: packaging and labeling.

AB 2250 (Aguiar-Curry) Modify AB 8 to exclude CBN from the definition of cannabis concentrate.

AB-2420 (Caloza) Cannabis: donations: seniors. Authorizes cannabis retailers to donate cannabis or cannabis products to persons 65 years of age and older.

AB 2506 (Hart) Cannabis licensure

AB 2537 (Chen) Cannabis local control

AB-2246 (Wicks) Cannabis. Nonsubstantive changes to manufacturing code.

AB-2617 (Schiavo) Cannabis. Nonsubstantive changes to the provision describing the purpose and intent of MAUCRSA.

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