LAST UPDATED 10/5/2026
SIGNED INTO LAW
AB-2249 (Irwin) Cannabis: labels, packaging and manufacturing.
Bans child-oriented imagery of candy, cereal, sweets or desserts, along with dragons, unicorns or wizards. Also banned are child-style bubble or balloon lettering, and any images of people who look under 21.
AB-2532 (Irwin) Cannabis: labels, packaging and manufacturing (beverages).
The final version of the bill states that multi-serving cannabis drinks in containers that are transparent or otherwise visibly display the amount of liquid inside must feature “unobstructed and conspicuous lines delineating individual serving or portion sizes,” the new law says. Additionally, retailers selling marijuana beverages with more than one serving will need to offer consumers measuring instruments or devices, provided by manufacturers.
AB 1965 (Sharp-Collins) Cannabis: testing: quality assurance.
Allows the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) to obtain products for off-the-shelf laboratory testing, and mandates that cannabis retailers are required to provide a product’s certificate of analysis if requested by a consumer. Requires testing labs to undergo performance testing, which can include blind proficiency or round robin testing, to “ensure consistency of results across laboratories.” Cal NORML supported this bill.
AB 2250 (Aguiar-Curry) Modify AB 8 to exclude CBN from the definition of cannabis concentrate.
Excludes cannabinol (CBN) isolate from the definition of “cannabis concentrate, clarifies the ability of authorities to seize cannabis products, and makes other technical and consistency changes to existing law.
AB 2667 (Hadwick) Vape products: household hazardous waste: advertising.
Will 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.
BILLS NOT ADVANCING:
SB-1272 (Menjivar) – Local ordinances: administrative fines or penalties. Vetoed by the Governor.
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.