CaliforniaCalifornia regulators could test cannabis sold at retail
California retailers would provide product analysis certificates on request, and state regulators could access retail products for lab testing.
What it does
Retailers and other retail sellers must let the department access products for testing and give customers the product's lab analysis certificate if they ask.
When a result falls outside required limits, a laboratory may retest if the department requires or approves it, or if equipment failure or staff error compromised the test and the laboratory reports that in writing.
The department may test licensed labs' performance to see whether they get consistent results, including through blind or round-robin tests.
When a lab tests cannabis for law enforcement, prosecutors, or regulators, it must comply with department requests to review its testing practices, as regulations determine.
Argument forCustomers and regulators could get more ways to check retail products, while performance tests may help identify differences between laboratories' results.
Argument againstRetailers may face added work giving the department access to products and providing test certificates, and customers could mistake a certificate for a guarantee of safety.
More detail
Retail licensees must let the department obtain or access products for off-the-shelf lab testing and give customers a product's analysis certificate on request. This covers cannabis and cannabis products held or offered for retail sale by retailers and other licensees allowed to sell them at retail.
A testing laboratory may retest a sample when the department requires a retest or authorizes the request, or when the laboratory reports a compromised test caused by equipment failure or staff error. This applies to samples of cannabis or cannabis products tested by licensed laboratories. The test result must fall outside legal or regulatory specifications.
The department may subject testing laboratories to performance testing to check whether results are consistent across laboratories. The testing applies to laboratories licensed to test cannabis and cannabis products.
A licensed testing laboratory must comply with the department's request to evaluate the laboratory's testing practices. This applies when a licensed laboratory tests cannabis for law enforcement, prosecutors, or regulatory agencies. The requests are as determined by department regulations.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 27Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 564, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 27Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 27Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 20In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.Minor
- Vote recorded Special Consent AB1965 Sharp-Collins By Laird. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 20Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5590.).Passed Senate
- Aug 18Ordered to special consent calendar.
- Aug 13Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 13From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).Minor
- Aug 3In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 29From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 3Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.Minor
- May 21In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 1965 Sharp-Collins Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- May 21Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5210.)Passed Assembly
- May 18Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 14From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 22In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Apr 7From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 2Referred to Com. on B. & P.Minor
- Feb 14From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- Feb 13Read first time. To print.Introduced
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