Type: Regular Rulemaking
Status: Approved and filed with Secretary of State on April 28, 2026. Effective July 1, 2026.
Summary: The Department of Cannabis Control (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.
Specific changes include:
- Clarifying tracking and labeling of harvest batches.
- Extending the time limit for temporary events to 30 days.
- Allowing cultivation licensees to transfer immature plants and seeds to a nursery.
- Allowing cultivation licensees to transfer immature plants and seeds to another cultivation premises owned by that licensee.
- Deleting the requirement to submit a pest management plan at the time of application.
- Deleting the requirement to submit electricity reporting with a renewal application and to purchase carbon offsets.
- Establishing minimum sanitation standards for licensees that handle exposed cannabis.
View the rulemaking documents
Final rulemaking
Effective July 1, 2026
- Approved Text of Regulations
- Final Statement of Reasons
- CFR 156.10(a)(3), April 23, 2026
- CFR 180.940, April 23, 2026
Fourth modification
January 23, 2026
Third modification
December 30, 2025
Second modification
November 6, 2025
First modification
July 8, 2025
- Notice of Modifications to Proposed Regulation Text
- Proposed Modified Regulation Text
- Notice of Extension of Written Comment Period and Rescheduling of Public Hearing