111928. (a) The Department of Food and Agriculture and the State Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Department of Cannabis Control, if necessary, shall develop a process to share license, registration, cultivar, and enforcement information to facilitate compliance and enforcement against unlicensed manufacturers or the sale of industrial hemp that does not meet the requirements of this part.
(b) Communications shared between state agencies and local and law enforcement officials regarding license, registration, cultivar, and enforcement information of manufacturers and retailers of industrial hemp products and raw extract shall not be subject to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) and shall be considered “official information” pursuant to Section 1040 of the Evidence Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 28, Sec. 103. (SB 1380) Effective January 1, 2023.)