The three licensing agencies responsible for California’s
cannabis regulation announced that they will readopt the current
emergency cannabis regulations for another 180 days. The
emergency regulations originally became effective on December
7last year. The three licensing agencies include the Bureau of
Cannabis Control, the California Department of Public Health and
the California Department of Food Agriculture.
The proposed readoption of the emergency regulations will be
subject to a public comment period. The public comment period
will begin when the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL)
posts the proposed emergency regulations on its website and will
last 5 calendar days. The posting may not occur before May 25,
2018, to allow for a five working day notice period to the
public. The licensing agencies are continuing to develop
permanent regulations and are expected to initiate a formal
rulemaking on those regulations sometime this summer.
As part of the readoption, the licensing agencies are proposing
to make certain changes to the regulations to incorporate
feedback from stakeholders. One of the changes will include
allowing applicants to complete one license application for one
license allowing for medicinal and adult-use cannabis activity.
Other proposed changes to the regulations can be found at the
following links listed below:
