LAST UPDATED 8/21/2026
ALL BILLS MUST PASS ON THE SENATE OR ASSEMBLY FLOOR BY 8/31.
AB 2697 (Pellerin) Cannabis drive-throughs. Passed Assembly and Senate Com. on B. P. and E.D.; passed Appropriations (with minimal cost provision); heading to Senate floor.
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 1965 (Sharp-Collins) Cannabis: testing: quality assurance. Passed Senate floor; heading back to Assembly for concurrence vote. Cal NORML has sent a letter in support of this bill.
AB-2249 (Irwin) Cannabis: labels, packaging and manufacturing. Passed Senate with amendments. Heading back to Assembly for concurrence vote.
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 and Senate Com. on B. P. and E.D. Passed Appropriations (with minimal cost provision); heading to Senate floor.
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 and Senate Coms. on B. P. and E.D.; REV. and TAX.; and Appropriations. Heading to Senate floor.
AB 2667 (Hadwick) Vape products: household hazardous waste: advertising. Passed Assembly and Senate Committees on E.Q., B. P. & E.D. and REV. and TAX and Appropriations. Heading to Senate floor.
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 and Assembly Com. on L. GOV. & Appropriations committees. Heading to Assembly floor.
BILLS THAT DIED IN APPROPRIATIONS:
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.
BILLS NOT ADVANCING:
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.