Regulations are state laws with specific rules for how businesses and others must operate. Regulations are created and changed through a process called rulemaking. Changes must be approved by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL).
View DCC’s proposed and completed rulemaking below.
Pending actions
DCC-2025-01-R: Cultivation Updates; Sanitation Standards
Type: Regular rulemaking
Status: Public notice of modified text provided December 30, 2025. Public comments accepted through January 14, 2026.
Summary: DCC is proposing a rulemaking action to revise existing regulations to remove redundant and duplicative provisions, streamline operational and administrative burdens for licensees and the Department, and establish minimum sanitation standards.
DCC-2025-03-R: Pesticide Updates
Type: Regular rulemaking
Status: Public notice provided June 13, 2025. Public comments accepted through July 28, 2025.
Summary: DCC is proposing a rulemaking action to updates the action levels for testing of pesticide residues in cannabis products.
Recently approved regulatory actions
DCC-2025-02-R: Animal Cannabis Product Standards
Type: Regular rulemaking
Status: Approved and filed with Secretary of State on November 24, 2025. Effective January 1, 2026.
Summary: The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved and filed the Department of Cannabis Control’s (DCC) regulatory action to adopt regulations implementing Assembly Bill 1885 (Chapter 389, Statutes of 2022), codified in Business and Professions Code (BPC) section 26130(e), which requires the DCC to establish standards for animal cannabis products. These regulations take effect on January 1, 2026. Cannabis products shall not be marketed or sold for use on, or consumption by, animals before these regulations for animal standards take effect.
Cultivation License Changes Pursuant to BPC Section 26061.5
Type: Regular rulemaking
Status: Approved and filed with Secretary of State on March 17, 2025. Effective March 17, 2025.
Summary: The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved and filed the Department of Cannabis Control’s (DCC) regulatory action to permanently adopt its emergency regulations implementing Senate Bill 833, codified in Business and Professions Code (BPC) section 26061.5, which requires the DCC to allow cultivation licensees to make certain changes such as changing the type of size of a cultivation license, placing a cultivation license in inactive status, or making a one-time change to a cultivation license’s date of renewal. These regulations take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State.
Prior rulemaking actions
Email regulations@cannabis.ca.gov for copies of previous rulemaking files.
How regulations are made
Regulations are made through a process called rulemaking. It gives the public the opportunity to take part in the creation of regulations proposed by California state agencies. Learn more about the rulemaking process.
