LAST UPDATED 6/4/2026
Cal NORML is tracking the following and has reached out to authors’ offices and stakeholders.
AB 1826 (Lackey) To improve due process around the recall, embargo, and destruction of cannabis products. Sponsored by CCIA. Passed Assembly; ordered to Senate. Cal NORML has joined a sign-on letter in support of this bill.
AB 1965 (Sharp-Collins) Cannabis: testing: quality assurance. Passed Assembly. Heading for Senate Com. on B. P. and E.D. Cal NORML has sent a letter in support of this bill.
AB-2249 (Irwin) Cannabis: labels, packaging and manufacturing. Passed Assembly. Heading to Senate Com. on B. P. and E.D. Set FOR Hearing ON 08-JUN-26 10:30 a.m.
The Dept. of Cannabis Control (DCC) estimates annual costs of approximately $3 million to $4 million from the Cannabis Control Fund, explaining the majority of costs are associated with implementing a pre-approval process for cannabis labels and the expansion of prohibited imagery in advertising and marketing. A smaller portion of estimated costs are attributable to expansions of prohibited packaging design content.
AB-2532 (Irwin) Cannabis: labels, packaging and manufacturing (beverages). Passed Assembly. Referred to Senate Com. on B. P. and E.D. Set FOR Hearing ON 08-JUN-26 10:30 a.m.
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.”
Cal NORML has taken a neutral position on this bill following the news that amendments have been worked out with the cannabis industry removing the 10 mg cap on beverages and requiring industry-wide precision dosing and product identification features on all multi-serving cannabis beverages, warning label standards, child-resistant container requirements, while prohibiting single-serve marketing and supporting a funded, statewide campaign on responsible, informed cannabis beverage consumption, potentially modeled on alcohol responsibility campaigns. We will be continuing to follow this bill as amendments are published. Thanks to all who have taken our Beverage Safety survey; you can continue to provide input there.
AB 2250 (Aguiar-Curry) Modify AB 8 to exclude CBN from the definition of cannabis concentrate. Passed Assembly. Referred to Senate Coms. on B. P. and E.D. and REV. and TAX. Set FOR Hearing ON 15-JUN-26 10:30 a.m.
AB 2506 (Hart) Cannabis: tribal-state agreements. Passed Assembly.
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.
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 2697 (Pellerin) Cannabis drive-throughs. Passed Assembly. Referred to Com. on B. P. and E.D. in Senate. Set FOR Hearing ON 08-JUN-26 10:30 a.m.
Would 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. TAKE ACTION: Write to your California Senator in support of AB 2697.
AB 2667 (Hadwick) Vape products: household hazardous waste: advertising. Passed Assembly.
Would allow authorize hazardous waste collection facilities to mechanically disassemble vape pens and devices, and prohibit nicotine or cannabis vapes using branding to appeal to minors, packaged to conceal the nature of their use, or including interactive videogame capabilities.
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 has 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.
SB-1272 (Menjivar) – Local ordinances: administrative fines or penalties. Passed Senate. Referred to Assembly Com. on L. GOV.
BILLS NOT ADVANCING:
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.