AB 1826: Cannabis: recall, embargo, and destruction of cannabis and cannabis products.

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), governs the licensure and regulation of commercial cannabis activities. MAUCRSA prohibits engaging in certain commercial activities with cannabis or a cannabis product that is misbranded or adulterated. Among the conditions for which cannabis or a cannabis product is deemed misbranded, MAUCRSA includes packaging or labeling that does not conform to specified requirements. Among the conditions for which cannabis or a cannabis product is deemed adulterated, MAUCRSA includes instances in which concentrations differ from, or its purity or quality is below, that which it is represented to possess.

This bill would revise the standards for determining whether cannabis or a cannabis product has been misbranded or adulterated by eliminating certain conditions, including the conditions described above.

MAUCRSA establishes the Department of Cannabis Control for the administration and enforcement of its provisions. Existing law gives the department various enforcement powers and duties related to the recall, embargo, seizure, and destruction of cannabis and cannabis products that have been deemed misbranded or adulterated, or whose sale would otherwise be in violation of MAUCRSA. When the department has evidence that cannabis or a cannabis product has been adulterated or misbranded or when the department issues an embargo, existing law requires the department to notify the licensee.

This bill would require those notifications to include certain documentation supporting the finding of adulteration or misbranding, or the finding of probable cause to issue an embargo, as specified.

Existing law authorizes a licensee to conduct a voluntary recall of the affected cannabis or cannabis product and to remediate the cannabis or cannabis product, if approved by the department, otherwise, existing law requires the licensee to destroy the affected cannabis or cannabis product under the supervision of the department.

This bill would authorize, rather than require, the licensee to destroy the affected cannabis or cannabis product under those circumstances. The bill would require the department, prior to a voluntary recall by the licensee, to provide the licensee with an opportunity for an informal conference on why the cannabis or cannabis product is considered adulterated or misbranded. The bill would prohibit the department from permitting destruction of the product until either the informal conference process has concluded or the licensee has declined to participate in the informal conference.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 3

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. August 13, 2026In committee: Held under submission.
2. August 3, 2026In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
3. June 25, 2026Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
4. June 24, 2026From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 22).
5. June 16, 2026From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
6. June 10, 2026Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
7. May 28, 2026In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
8. May 27, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5450.)
9. May 18, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
10. May 14, 2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
11. May 14, 2026Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)
12. May 13, 2026In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.