California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 10 - Cannabis

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 26000. - 26000. (a) This division shall be known, and may be...

Section 26001. - 26001. For purposes of this division, the following definitions apply:...

Section 26002. - 26002. (a) This division does not apply to any product...

CHAPTER 2 - Administration

Section 26010. - 26010. There is in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing...

Section 26010.5. - 26010.5. (a) The Governor shall appoint the director of the...

Section 26010.7. - 26010.7. (a) Except as provided in Sections 26062 and 26063...

Section 26011. - 26011. Neither the director nor any member of the Cannabis...

Section 26011.5. - 26011.5. The protection of the public shall be the highest...

Section 26012. - 26012. (a) It being a matter of statewide concern, except...

Section 26012.5. - 26012.5. (a) The department shall provide on its internet website...

Section 26013. - 26013. (a) The department shall make and prescribe reasonable rules...

Section 26013.2. - 26013.2. (a) On or before July 1, 2022, the department...

Section 26013.5. - 26013.5. (a) Notice of any action of the department required...

Section 26014. - 26014. (a) The department shall convene an advisory committee to...

Section 26015. - 26015. (a) The department may make or cause to be...

Section 26016. - 26016. For any hearing held pursuant to this division, except...

Section 26017. - 26017. In any hearing before the department pursuant to this...

Section 26018. - 26018. The department may on its own motion at any...

CHAPTER 3 - Enforcement

Section 26030. - 26030. Grounds for disciplinary action include, but are not limited...

Section 26031. - 26031. (a) The department may suspend, revoke, place on probation...

Section 26031.01. - 26031.01. (a) Notwithstanding Section 26031, the department may, before a...

Section 26031.1. - 26031.1. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, in an...

Section 26031.2. - 26031.2. (a) The superior court for the county in which...

Section 26031.5. - 26031.5. (a) The department may issue a citation to a...

Section 26032. - 26032. (a) The actions of a licensee, its employees, and...

Section 26033. - 26033. (a) A qualified patient, as defined in Section 11362.7...

Section 26034. - 26034. All accusations against licensees shall be filed by the...

Section 26035. - 26035. The director shall designate the persons employed by the...

Section 26036. - 26036. Nothing in this division shall be interpreted to supersede...

Section 26037. - 26037. (a) The actions of a licensee, its employees, and...

Section 26037.5. - 26037.5. (a) A person or entity shall not engage in...

Section 26038. - 26038. (a) (1) A person engaging in commercial cannabis activity...

Section 26039.1. - 26039.1. (a) When the department has evidence that cannabis or...

Section 26039.3. - 26039.3. (a) If the department finds or has probable cause...

Section 26039.4. - 26039.4. A peace officer, including a peace officer with the...

Section 26039.5. - 26039.5. (a) Cannabis or a cannabis product is misbranded if...

Section 26039.6. - 26039.6. (a) Cannabis or a cannabis product is adulterated if...

CHAPTER 4 - Appeals

Section 26040. - 26040. (a) (1) There is established in state government, in...

Section 26041. - 26041. All personnel of the panel shall be appointed, employed,...

Section 26042. - 26042. The panel shall adopt procedures for appeals similar to...

Section 26043. - 26043. (a) After proceedings pursuant to Section 26031, 26031.5, or...

Section 26044. - 26044. (a) In appeals where the panel finds that there...

Section 26045. - 26045. (a) No court of this state, except the Supreme...

Section 26046. - 26046. (a) The review by the court shall not extend...

Section 26047. - 26047. The findings and conclusions of the department on questions...

CHAPTER 5 - Licensing

Section 26050. - 26050. (a) The license classification pursuant to this division shall,...

Section 26050.2. - 26050.2. (a) (1) Until June 30, 2022, except as provided...

Section 26051. - 26051. (a) The Cartwright Act, the Unfair Practices Act, the...

Section 26051.5. - 26051.5. (a) An applicant for a state license issued pursuant...

Section 26052. - 26052. (a) A licensee shall not perform any of the...

Section 26053. - 26053. (a) All commercial cannabis activity shall be conducted between...

Section 26054. - 26054. (a) A licensee shall not sell alcoholic beverages or...

Section 26055. - 26055. (a) The department may issue state licenses only to...

Section 26056. - 26056. The requirements of Sections 13143.9, 13145, and 13146 of...

Section 26057. - 26057. (a) The department shall deny an application if either...

Section 26058. - 26058. Upon the denial of any application for a license,...

Section 26059. - 26059. An applicant shall not be denied a state license...

CHAPTER 6 - Licensed Cultivation Sites

Section 26060. - 26060. (a) (1) For the purposes of this division, cannabis...

Section 26060.1. - 26060.1. (a) An application for a license for cultivation issued...

Section 26061. - 26061. (a) The state cultivator license types to be issued...

Section 26062. - 26062. (a) (1) (A) No later than July 1, 2021,...

Section 26062.5. - 26062.5. A person shall not represent, sell, or offer for...

Section 26063. - 26063. (a) (1) No later than January 1, 2018, the...

Section 26065. - 26065. An employee engaged in the cultivation of cannabis under...

Section 26066. - 26066. Indoor and outdoor cannabis cultivation by persons and entities...

Section 26066.1. - 26066.1. The department may enter into a cooperative agreement with...

Section 26066.2. - 26066.2. (a) A county agricultural commissioner may report to the...

CHAPTER 6.5 - Unique Identifiers and Track and Trace

Section 26067. - 26067. (a) The department shall establish a track and trace...

Section 26068. - 26068. (a) The department, in consultation with the California Department...

Section 26069. - 26069. (a) (1) The department shall implement a unique identification...

CHAPTER 7 - Retailers, Distributors, and Microbusinesses

Section 26070. - 26070. Retailers, Distributors, and Microbusinesses. (a) State licenses to be...

Section 26070.1. - 26070.1. Cannabis or cannabis products purchased by a customer shall...

Section 26070.2. - 26070.2. A licensee shall not sell, offer, or provide a...

Section 26070.5. - 26070.5. (a) The Bureau of Cannabis Control shall, by January...

Section 26071. - 26071. (a) To provide access to medicinal cannabis patients who...

CHAPTER 8 - Distribution and Transport

Section 26080. - 26080. (a) Except as provided in Chapter 25 (commencing with...

CHAPTER 9 - Delivery

Section 26090. - 26090. (a) Deliveries, as defined in this division, may only...

CHAPTER 10 - Testing Laboratories

Section 26100. - 26100. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, cannabis or...

Section 26102. - 26102. A testing laboratory shall not be licensed by the...

Section 26104. - 26104. (a) A licensed testing laboratory shall, in performing activities...

CHAPTER 11 - Quality Assurance, Inspection, and Testing

Section 26110. - 26110. (a) Cannabis batches are subject to quality assurance standards...

CHAPTER 12 - Packaging and Labeling

Section 26120. - 26120. (a) Prior to delivery or sale at a retailer,...

Section 26120. - 26120. (a) Prior to delivery or sale at a retailer,...

Section 26122. - 26122. (a) A cannabis cartridge or integrated cannabis vaporizer that...

CHAPTER 13 - Manufacturers and Cannabis Products

Section 26130. - 26130. (a) The department shall promulgate regulations governing the licensing...

Section 26131. - 26131. Standards for the production, packaging, and labeling of all...

Section 26132. - 26132. Manufacturing Level 2 licensees shall enact sufficient methods or...

CHAPTER 14 - Protection of Minors

Section 26140. - 26140. (a) An A-licensee shall not: (1) Sell cannabis or...

CHAPTER 15 - Advertising and Marketing Restrictions

Section 26150. - 26150. For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Advertise” means the...

Section 26151. - 26151. (a) (1) All advertisements and marketing shall accurately and...

Section 26152. - 26152. A licensee shall not do any of the following:...

Section 26152.1. - 26152.1. (a) (1) Advertisement and marketing of an integrated cannabis...

Section 26153. - 26153. (a) A licensee shall not give away any amount...

Section 26153.1. - 26153.1. (a) The Department of Cannabis Control shall adopt regulations...

Section 26154. - 26154. A licensee shall not include on the label of...

Section 26155. - 26155. (a) The provisions of subdivision (g) of Section 26152...

Section 26156. - 26156. The requirements of Section 5272 apply to this division....

CHAPTER 16 - Records

Section 26160. - 26160. (a) A licensee shall keep accurate records of commercial...

Section 26161. - 26161. (a) Every sale or transport of cannabis or cannabis...

Section 26161.5. - 26161.5. (a) A licensee shall not disclose a consumer’s personal...

Section 26162. - 26162. (a) Information identifying the names of patients, their medical...

Section 26162.5. - 26162.5. (a) Identification cards issued pursuant to Section 11362.71 of...

Section 26163. - 26163. (a) The department shall, upon the request of the...

CHAPTER 18 - License Fees

Section 26180. - 26180. The department shall establish a scale of application, licensing,...

Section 26180.5. - 26180.5. No later than January 1, 2018, the Secretary of...

Section 26181. - 26181. The State Water Resources Control Board, the Department of...

CHAPTER 19 - Annual Reports; Performance Audit

Section 26190. - 26190. Beginning on March 1, 2023, and on or before...

Section 26190.5. - 26190.5. The department shall contract with the California Cannabis Research...

Section 26191. - 26191. (a) Commencing January 1, 2022, and by January 1...

CHAPTER 20 - Local Control

Section 26200. - 26200. (a) (1) Except as set forth in the Medicinal...

Section 26201. - 26201. Any standards, requirements, and regulations regarding health and safety,...

Section 26202. - 26202. (a) A local jurisdiction may enforce this division and...

Section 26203. - 26203. (a) There is hereby established a task force on...

CHAPTER 21 - Funding

Section 26210. - 26210. (a) The Marijuana Control Fund, formerly known as the...

Section 26210.5. - 26210.5. By July 1, 2018, the Bureau of Cannabis Control,...

Section 26211. - 26211. (a) Funds for the initial establishment and support of...

CHAPTER 22 - Cannabis Cooperative Associations

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 26220. - 26220. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 26220.1. - 26220.1. “Association” means any cannabis cooperative that is organized pursuant...

Section 26220.2. - 26220.2. “Member” includes members of associations without capital stock and...

Section 26220.3. - 26220.3. “Cannabis product” includes any cannabis associated with a licensed...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 26222. - 26222. The purpose of this chapter is to do all...

Section 26222.1. - 26222.1. An exemption under law that applies to a cannabis...

Section 26222.2. - 26222.2. A person, firm, corporation, or association, that is hereafter...

Section 26222.3. - 26222.3. An association that is organized pursuant to this chapter...

Section 26222.4. - 26222.4. The marketing contracts and agreements between an association that...

Section 26222.5. - 26222.5. The General Corporation Law (Division 1 (commencing with Section...

Section 26222.6. - 26222.6. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), Chapter 7...

ARTICLE 3 - Purposes

Section 26223. - 26223. (a) Three or more natural persons, who are engaged...

ARTICLE 4 - Articles of Incorporation

Section 26224. - 26224. The articles of incorporation of an association shall show...

Section 26224.1. - 26224.1. Articles of incorporation shall be signed, acknowledged, and filed...

Section 26224.2. - 26224.2. The articles of incorporation of any association may be...

ARTICLE 5 - Bylaws

Section 26225. - 26225. Each association shall, within 30 days after its incorporation,...

Section 26225.1. - 26225.1. The bylaws may prescribe the time, place, and manner...

Section 26225.2. - 26225.2. The bylaws may prescribe the number of stockholders, directors,...

Section 26225.3. - 26225.3. The bylaws may prescribe the following: (a) The right...

Section 26225.4. - 26225.4. (a) The bylaws may prescribe the qualifications, compensation, duties,...

Section 26225.5. - 26225.5. The bylaws may prescribe penalties for violations of the...

Section 26225.6. - 26225.6. The bylaws may prescribe the amount of entrance, organization,...

Section 26225.7. - 26225.7. The bylaws may prescribe the amount that each member...

Section 26225.8. - 26225.8. The bylaws may prescribe the amount of dividends, if...

Section 26225.9. - 26225.9. The bylaws may prescribe any of the following: (a)...

Section 26225.95. - 26225.95. (a) The bylaws may prescribe any of the following:...

ARTICLE 6 - Directors and Management

Section 26226. - 26226. The affairs of the association shall be managed by...

Section 26226.1. - 26226.1. The bylaws may provide that the territory in which...

Section 26226.2. - 26226.2. The bylaws may provide that primary elections shall be...

Section 26226.3. - 26226.3. The bylaws may provide that the territory in which...

Section 26226.4. - 26226.4. The bylaws may provide that one or more directors...

Section 26226.5. - 26226.5. The bylaws may provide for an executive committee and...

Section 26226.6. - 26226.6. An association may provide a fair remuneration for the...

Section 26226.7. - 26226.7. If a vacancy on the board of directors occurs,...

Section 26226.8. - 26226.8. (a) The directors shall elect a president, one or...

Section 26226.9. - 26226.9. (a) A member may bring charges against an officer...

ARTICLE 7 - Powers

Section 26227. - 26227. An association may engage in any activity in connection...

Section 26227.1. - 26227.1. An association may borrow without limitation as to the...

Section 26227.2. - 26227.2. An association may act as the agent or representative...

Section 26227.3. - 26227.3. An association may purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own,...

Section 26227.4. - 26227.4. An association may establish reserves and invest the funds...

Section 26227.5. - 26227.5. An association may buy, hold, and exercise all privileges...

Section 26227.6. - 26227.6. An association may levy assessments in the manner and...

Section 26227.7. - 26227.7. An association may do any of the following anywhere:...

Section 26227.75. - 26227.75. An association may use or employ any of its...

Section 26227.8. - 26227.8. (a) An association may organize, form, operate, own, control,...

Section 26227.9. - 26227.9. (a) Any association may, upon resolution adopted by its...

ARTICLE 8 - Financial Provisions

Section 26228. - 26228. An association is not subject in any manner to...

Section 26228.1. - 26228.1. If an association issues nonpar value stock, the issuance...

Section 26228.2. - 26228.2. If an association with preferred shares of stock purchases...

Section 26228.3. - 26228.3. The board of directors of every association shall cause...

ARTICLE 9 - Members

Section 26229. - 26229. Under the terms and conditions that are prescribed in...

Section 26229.1. - 26229.1. If a member of a nonstock association is other...

Section 26229.2. - 26229.2. Any association may become a member or stockholder of...

Section 26229.3. - 26229.3. If a member of an association that is established...

Section 26229.4. - 26229.4. An association shall not issue a certificate for stock...

Section 26229.5. - 26229.5. An association, in its bylaws, may limit the amount...

Section 26229.6. - 26229.6. The bylaws shall prohibit the transfer of the common...

Section 26229.7. - 26229.7. The association may, at any time, as specified in...

Section 26229.8. - 26229.8. A member or stockholder is not liable for the...

ARTICLE 10 - Marketing Contracts

Section 26230. - 26230. The association and its members may make and execute...

Section 26230.1. - 26230.1. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Civil Code, a contract...

Section 26230.2. - 26230.2. The bylaws or a marketing contract may fix, as...

Section 26230.3. - 26230.3. If there is a breach or threatened breach of...

ARTICLE 11 - Reorganization of Corporations Organized Pursuant to Other Laws

Section 26231. - 26231. A corporation that is organized or existing pursuant to...

Section 26231.1. - 26231.1. Articles of incorporation shall be deemed to conform to...

Section 26231.2. - 26231.2. If the amended articles conform, as provided in Section...

CHAPTER 23 - The California Cannabis Equity Act

Section 26240. - 26240. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 26242. - 26242. (a) The department may provide technical assistance to a...

Section 26244. - 26244. (a) (1) An eligible local jurisdiction may, in the...

Section 26246. - 26246. (a) To facilitate greater equity in business ownership and...

Section 26248. - 26248. (a) On or before July 1, 2021, and annually...

Section 26249. - 26249. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 26012 and 26180: (1) On or...

Section 26250. - 26250. The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any...

CHAPTER 24 - Information Sharing with Financial Institutions

Section 26260. - 26260. (a) An entity that receives deposits, extends credit, conducts...

Section 26261. - 26261. An individual or firm, that is licensed by the...

CHAPTER 25 - Interstate Cannabis Agreements

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 26300. - 26300. As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

ARTICLE 2 - Agreements

Section 26301. - 26301. (a) The Governor may enter into an agreement with...

Section 26302. - 26302. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a foreign licensee may...

Section 26303. - 26303. (a) An agreement shall require that the contracting state...

Section 26304. - 26304. (a) An agreement shall include provisions requiring the department...

Section 26305. - 26305. An agreement shall include provisions determined by the Governor...

Section 26306. - 26306. An agreement shall provide for collection of all applicable...

Section 26307. - 26307. The Governor is exempt from the rulemaking procedures and...

Section 26308. - 26308. (a) An agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter...

CHAPTER 26 - Medicinal Cannabis Patients Right of Access Act

Section 26320. - 26320. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Access...

Section 26321. - 26321. (a) This act shall be known, and may be...

Section 26322. - 26322. (a) A local jurisdiction shall not adopt or enforce...

Section 26323. - 26323. (a) This chapter may be enforced by an action...

Section 26324. - 26324. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit...

Section 26325. - 26325. This chapter addresses a matter of statewide concern and...