The Department of Cannabis Control is proposing to permanently adopt emergency regulations allowing cultivation licensees to make changes to their license under certain circumstances.
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.
View the rulemaking documents
- Approved Text of Regulations – Cultivation License Changes Pursuant to BPC Section 26061.5
- Final Statement of Reasons – Cultivation License Changes Pursuant to BPC Section 26061.5
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking – Cultivation License Changes Pursuant to BPC Section 26061.5
- Proposed Text of Regulations – Cultivation License Changes Pursuant to BPC Section 26061.5 (November 2024)
- Initial Statement of Reasons – Cultivation License Changes Pursuant to BPC 26061.5
