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Home/Bills/AB 2249California · 2025–2026 Regular Session
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AB 2249: Cannabis: labels, packaging, and advertising.

California · Assembly · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified August 25, 2026

What AB 2249 does, verified August 25, 2026

<p>The bill amends and adds sections to California's Business and Professions Code regarding cannabis labels, packaging, and manufacturing. It prohibits the sale, distribution, or manufacture of cannabis products that are attractive to children, including those featuring images of real or fictional humans. The Department of Cannabis Control is required to develop a standardized rubric by July 1, 2027, for determining if cannabis goods are appealing to children. Additionally, the department must establish a process allowing licensees to request written determinations on whether proposed packaging or labeling would be attractive to children, without requiring this as a condition of licensure.</p>

Bill journey
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Last action: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 1.). (2026-08-20)Alert me
Recent actions24 total · showing 5
Aug. 20, 2026Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 1.).
Aug. 19, 2026In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Aug. 19, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.).
Aug. 17, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Aug. 13, 2026Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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