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).
The Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) is taking steps to simplify the cannabis regulations. View DCC’s proposed and completed rulemaking below.
Pending regulatory actions by DCC
Pending regulatory actions by the DCC will be listed here when available.
Recently approved regulatory actions
Track and Trace Requirements for Delivery of Cannabis Goods
Type: Regular rulemaking
Status: Approved and filed with Secretary of State on November 17, 2023. Effective November 17, 2023.
Summary: The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved the Department of Cannabis Control’s (DCC) regulatory action to permanently adopt the current emergency regulations, with changes, implementing Assembly Bill 195 which requires that information relating to cannabis goods leaving a licensed retail premises in a delivery vehicle be recorded in the statewide track and trace system. OAL filed the approved regulations with the Secretary of State on November 17, 2023, making them effective the same day.
Standard cannabinoids test method and standardized operating procedures
Type: Regular rulemaking
Status: Approved and filed with Secretary of State July 28, 2023. Effective October 1, 2023.
The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved the Department of Cannabis Control’s (DCC) regulations implementing Business and Professions Code section 26100(f)(2) pertaining to the establishment of a standard cannabinoids test method, including standardized operating procedures, that shall be utilized by all licensed testing laboratories in California. OAL filed the approved regulations with the Secretary of State on July 28, 2023. These regulations will become effective on October 1, 2023 and compliance will be required starting January 1, 2024.
Through these adopted regulations, the DCC aims to ensure all licensed laboratories are using the same standardized cannabinoid test method which will ensure consumers receive accurate and consistent information regarding the cannabinoid content of the cannabis and cannabis product they use or consume.
Track and trace requirements for delivery of cannabis goods: emergency readopt rulemaking
Type: Emergency rulemaking
Status: Approved and filed with Secretary of State June 26, 2023. Effective June 26, 2023.
Summary: The Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) has readopted its emergency regulations implementing Assembly Bill 195, which requires that information relating to cannabis goods leaving a licensed retail premises in a delivery vehicle be recorded in the statewide track and trace system. This readoption allows the emergency regulations to remain in place while the DCC continues the process to permanently adopt regulations through the regular rulemaking action.
Regulations issued by the former cannabis programs
Email regulations@cannabis.ca.gov for copies of previous rulemaking files. You can also view them online:
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.
