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-2026-03-R: Group Tagging of Cannabis Plants
This proposed regulation will reduce the economic burden on licensees and decrease environmental harm without negatively impacting the Department’s oversight capabilities. Department inspectors will still be able to confirm that the number of plants onsite aligns with the number recorded by licensees in the track and trace system.
Type: Regular rulemaking
Status: Public notice provided June 12, 2026. Public comment accepted through July 27, 2026.
DCC-2026-02-R: Track and Trace Updates
The changes proposed in this rulemaking action would provide additional safeguards against fraudulent transactions and other potential abuses of the system to engage in “lab shopping,” including requiring all parties to a transfer of cannabis goods to approve the transfer before a shipping manifest may be generated by the system; clarify and supplement existing data entry requirements to ensure the accuracy of system data; require licensed retailers to enter certain tax information when recording sales in the system; and require licensed retailers to provide Certificates of Analysis (COAs) to customers upon request.
Type: Regular rulemaking
Status: Public notice provided June 5, 2026. Public comment accepted through July 20, 2026.
DCC-2025-03-R: Pesticide Testing
DCC is proposing a rulemaking action to update the action levels for testing of pesticide residues in cannabis products.
Type: Regular rulemaking
Status: Public notice provided May 28, 2026. Public comment accepted through June 12, 2026.
DCC-2026-01-R: Multipack Cannabis Goods
DCC is proposing a rulemaking action to establish multipacks as a new category of cannabis good and provide testing, labeling, and tracking requirements associated with the new category.
Type: Regular rulemaking
Status: Public notice provided February 27, 2026. Public comment accepted through April 13, 2026.
Recently approved regulatory actions
DCC-2026-03-E: Modifications to A and M Designation
This rulemaking package would create a pathway for licensees authorized to engage in retail activities to create a second, related entity and hold two distinct licenses (one A and one M) at the same premises location.
Type: Emergency rulemaking
Status: Approved and filed with Secretary of State on June 4, 2026. Effective June 4, 2026. Expires December 2, 2026.
DCC-2025-01-R: Cultivation Updates; Sanitation Standards
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.
Type: Regular rulemaking
Status: Approved and filed with Secretary of State on April 28, 2026. Effective July 1, 2026.
DCC-2025-02-R: Animal Cannabis Product Standards
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.
Type: Regular rulemaking
Status: Approved and filed with Secretary of State on November 24, 2025. Effective January 1, 2026.
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.