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Cultivation License Changes at Time of Renewal Pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 26061.5

Cultivation License Changes at Time of Renewal Pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 26061.5

The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved the Department of Cannabis Control’s (DCC) readoption of emergency regulations implementing Senate Bill 833, codified in Business and Professions Code section 26061.5, which requires the DCC to allow cultivation licensees to make certain changes.

These changes can include:

  • Changing the type of size of a cultivation license
  • Placing a cultivation license in inactive status
  • Making a one-time change to a cultivation license’s date of renewal

Type:  Emergency rulemaking

Status: Approved and filed with Secretary of State on September 3, 2024. Effective September 9, 2024.

View the approved emergency regulations and finding of emergency and notice of proposed adoption below:

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