Massachusetts voters decide Question 8, which would end adult-use retail marijuana sales on January 1, 2028; medical marijuana is unaffected.

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Cannabis Control Board Resolution 2026-76, taken up at the October 1, 2026 meeting, establishes a new application period for nursery licenses that opens November 5, 2026 and closes once 50 applications have been submitted through the Office of Cannabis Management portal. Applications received after the first 50 are not considered filed. The Office's October 2, 2026 release confirms the November 5th opening. There is no calendar close date, so none is carried here.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

Under Industry Bulletin 131, issued by Metrc in conjunction with the Maryland Cannabis Administration on October 22, 2026, reporting the per-serving milligram amount becomes required for delta-9 THC and total THC test results on four item categories: Exempt Liquid Edible, Infused Edible, Infused Liquid Edible Beverage and Sublingual Pouches. Six additional terpene test types (para-Cymene, Ocimene, Isopulegol, gamma-Terpinene, Geraniol and delta-3-carene) may be reported optionally, but a licensee must ask its testing facility to run them. This is a compliance date set in a regulator and vendor bulletin, not a rule effective date.

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Under the October 22, 2026 order of Chief Administrative Law Judge Derek C. Julius, replies to the briefs on the Government Accountability Office report are due no later than November 5, 2026. The order states that the matter remains stayed until the time for briefing is closed and that the stay will expire by its own terms at the conclusion of the briefing schedule, so the rescheduling hearing resumes without a further order once replies are in. This is a hearing process deadline, not a rule effective date; the Chief Administrative Law Judge has set no timeline for the recommended decision.

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Certified Social Equity Applicants who need to change the interest holders listed on their certification application, including individuals who now plan to form an entity for licensure, must file a Social Equity Applicant Interest Holder Change Request with the Cannabis Office at 560 Jefferson Boulevard, Warwick, delivered in person or postmarked by 4:00 PM Eastern time on November 6, 2026. The Commission's page carried October 30th when this row was first published on October 9th and read November 6th on October 21st. The request must identify every proposed interest holder and show that the business stays at least 51 percent owned and controlled by qualifying individuals; a request that is not approved cannot be resubmitted during this application window. The Cannabis Office begins accepting requests after the Commission meeting that certifies Social Equity Applicants. Adult-use retail applications close November 23, 2026, and NCIC background checks for majority owners are due December 4, 2026.

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Written comments are due to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission by 5:00 PM Central time on its proposed amendments to 16 TAC 35.3 and 35.7, published in the October 9, 2026 Texas Register (TRD-202604134, filed September 24, 2026). Section 35.7 continues to bar a permittee or licensee from allowing anyone to consume a consumable hemp product on premises covered by a wine and malt beverage retailer's off-premise permit, retail dealer's off-premise license, package store permit or wine-only package store permit, and the amendment defines reasonable care and reasonable steps so that a retailer violates the rule only when it knew or should have known of the consumption and failed to act. The rule is proposed, not final; the earliest possible adoption date is November 8, 2026 and a public hearing is set for October 29, 2026. Comments go to rules@tabc.texas.gov or the Office of the General Counsel, P.O. Box 13127, Austin, Texas 78711-3127.

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The Department of Agriculture's five-year review of its hemp rules, heard September 30, 2026, was final filed on October 30, 2026. The Register of Ohio shows the hemp cultivation chapter (OAC 901:14-1, covering licensing, applications, background checks, harvest, destruction and enforcement under the former state cultivation program) rescinded and the hemp processing chapter (901:14-2) amended, both effective November 9, 2026.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

Proposed rule, not an effective date. The Department of Health proposes amending WAC 246-70-010 through 246-70-090 and adding WAC 246-70-100 (WSR 26-20-094, filed October 6, 2026): the term marijuana becomes cannabis, product classifications are updated, the THC and CBD thresholds for compliant products change (high CBD extracts up to 15 percent THC with at least five times as much CBD; high THC units of 10 to 50 mg total THC with a 500 mg package cap; general use units up to 10 mg total THC with a 100 mg package cap), labeling adds QR code and product transparency requirements, and quality assurance testing is tightened. Written comments are due by 11:59 PM on November 10, 2026 to annie.kause@doh.wa.gov or the Department's policy review portal; a public hearing is held the same morning. The Department intends to adopt the rule on November 17, 2026.

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Proposed rule, not an effective date. The Department of Health holds its rules hearing on the WAC 246-70 medical cannabis product compliance amendments (WSR 26-20-094) on November 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM Pacific time via Zoom; registration is through the Zoom webinar link in the notice. Written comments close the same day at 11:59 PM. The Department intends to adopt the rule on November 17, 2026.

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The Office of the Marijuana Commissioner's final order amending its rules at 4 DE Admin. Code 5001, published in the November 1, 2026 Delaware Register, takes effect ten days after publication. A licensed cultivation facility may manufacture and sell to retail stores pre-rolls containing only its own flower under its own brand without a manufacturing license, but may not make pre-rolls for third parties, white-label them, add concentrates or kief, or buy flower for them; the branding and packaging color rules are conformed to the March 2026 amendments.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

The federal hemp redefinition in Section 781 of P.L. 119-37 takes effect one year after enactment, but its reach on this date is now narrowed by law. Section 2019 of the continuing resolution signed September 2, 2026 applies Section 781, until December 11, 2026, only to products containing cannabinoids the plant cannot naturally produce. So the manufactured and synthetic cannabinoid shelf clears on this date, while the broader restrictions wait until December 11, 2026, carried below as its own entry. Illinois lands the same day and New Jersey the day after, both date certain under their own laws. Missouri splits: its solid dose and synthetic forms hard land on this date, but its beverages follow the federal timetable, as described in the Missouri entry.

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The Illinois Hemp Act, Public Act 104-463, repeals the Industrial Hemp Act. Hemp cannabinoid products are capped at 0.4 mg total THC per container, over cap products are reclassified as cannabis and restricted to dispensaries, synthetic and semi synthetic cannabinoids are banned, and new cultivation, processor and manufacturer licenses are created. Existing Industrial Hemp Processor registrations terminate with the repeal.

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Under HB 2641, the Intoxicating Cannabinoid Control Act, section 195.900.11(1)(a) of the Missouri statutes takes effect on this date for four categories of hemp-derived cannabinoid products, which may then be made, tested, transported and sold only by facilities licensed under Article XIV: products containing cannabinoids the Cannabis sativa L. plant cannot naturally produce; products containing naturally occurring cannabinoids that were synthesized or manufactured outside the plant; smokable or vapeable raw plant material, flower or bud containing any amount of THCA; and solid edibles such as candy, gummies, chewables, tablets, capsules, oils and baked goods containing hemp-derived delta-9 THC above the concentration naturally occurring in the source plant material. THC drinks are not part of this date. Under section 195.900.11(2), beverages and all other hemp-derived cannabinoid products are covered only while the federal Section 781 restrictions prohibit them, because Congress delayed those restrictions before November 12th, so they move on December 11, 2026, carried as its own row. Sales to anyone under 21 are prohibited throughout.

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Philadelphia City Council Bill No. 260163, signed by the Mayor on September 15, 2026, amends Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code to restrict and regulate the sale of certain intoxicating substances, covering hemp-derived cannabinoid products and kratom products. It bars sales to anyone under 21 and requires laboratory certification and labeling. The ordinance states that it is effective November 12, 2026, except that Section 9-6703 on permitted sales takes effect when the Department issues regulations. The U.S. Hemp Roundtable reports that the amended bill caps finished hemp-derived cannabinoid products at 0.4 mg total THC per container; confirm that figure against the enrolled text before relying on it.

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The New Jersey transitional period under A.5051 ends. After this date, plenary wholesale, retail distribution and retail consumption licensees and licensed cannabis businesses may no longer sell intoxicating hemp beverages, and the transitional possession window for hemp producers closes.

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Written comments are due to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry on its permanent rulemaking for OAC Title 35, Chapter 30, Consumer Protection, posted October 15, 2026. The chapter's Subchapter 24, the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program, is amended at sections 24-2, 24-3, 24-4, 24-5.1, 24-6.1, 24-7 and 24-10: a definition of active cultivation tasks and location, added restrictions for property not wholly owned by the hemp operator, added grounds for denying or revoking a hemp license, further land restrictions, phytosanitary certificates for importing and exporting hemp plants, payment of the license fee by a key participant, and processor records of products produced and sold. Comments go to Kiersten Wormus at kiersten.wormus@ag.ok.gov or 2800 North Lincoln Boulevard, P.O. Box 528804, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-8804, from October 15th through November 16, 2026. The rule is proposed, not final. A public hearing is held the same morning.

CommentPrimary source|Analysis

The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry holds a public hearing at 9:00 AM Central time in the ODAFF Board Room, 2800 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, on its permanent rulemaking for OAC Title 35, Chapter 30, Consumer Protection. The package amends the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program rules in Subchapter 24, covering definitions, applications, grounds for denial and revocation, land use, transport, import and export, fees and records, alongside fire ant quarantine, pesticide, weed-free certification and nursery stock changes. This is a public testimony opportunity on a proposed rule, not an effective date. Written comments close the same day.

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The Office of Cannabis Management will close the current per-event cannabis event organizer license application on this date at 4 PM Central time. Anyone planning a cannabis event in the final months of 2026 must have the application submitted in Accela by then, and the office recommends filing at least 45 days before the event. The 2026 Legislature converted the temporary license into an annual, renewable license effective January 1, 2027; the new event organizer license and event site registration applications open in January 2027, on a date not yet published, and the office expects events could resume in late February 2027.

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Proposed rule, not an effective date. The Oregon Health Authority holds a remote hearing by Microsoft Teams on amendments to OAR 333-008 filed October 29, 2026 that add a hospice and palliative care condition under HB 4142, require caregiver organizations to attest to their policies and training, limit petition evidence to PubMed-indexed studies, and require dispensaries and processing sites to keep a visitor check-in area separate from the limited access area where transfers occur. The hearing closes by 10:00 AM Pacific time. Written comments close November 23, 2026.

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Under Industry Bulletin 130, issued jointly by the Maryland Cannabis Administration and Metrc on October 12, 2026, the Sales Tax field in Metrc Maryland becomes mandatory on this date for both sales receipts and sales deliveries, and a transaction entered without a value is rejected. A $0.00 value is accepted only for patient and caregiver customer types; consumer sales must carry an amount above zero. Licensees using point-of-sale or other third-party software must make sure it sends the sales tax figure, and the licensee still calculates and collects the tax. This is a compliance date set by the regulator in a bulletin, not a rule effective date.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

The Cannabis Control Commission's Adult-Use Retail Licensing Portal closes at 4:00 PM Eastern time, and all application materials, including final zoning approval, must be submitted. The window runs August 7th through November 23, 2026 and is open to all applicants, following the statutory amendments that removed the residency requirement and voided the original round. The retail cap remains 24 licenses. Applicants seeking social equity status face the earlier September 11, 2026 certification deadline.

LicensingPrimary source

Proposed rule, not an effective date. Written comments on the Oregon Health Authority's amendments to OAR 333-008 are due by 5:00 PM Pacific time to publichealth.rules@odhsoha.oregon.gov. The amendments add a hospice and palliative care condition under HB 4142, update organization and facility caregiver requirements, limit petition evidence to PubMed-indexed studies, and require dispensaries and processing sites to keep a visitor check-in area separate from the limited access area, with processing site limited access areas separated by floor-to-ceiling walls. A remote hearing was set for November 16, 2026.

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DEA's Diversion Control Division guidance of October 30, 2026, issued alongside the first federal registrations of more than 900 medical marijuana dispensaries, says state licensees that applied for DEA registration between April 28 and June 26, 2026 are expected to verify that their trading partners are timely applicants or DEA registrants and to establish compliant supply chains no later than November 29, 2026. The guidance does not have the force of law, but DEA says dealing with anyone outside that circle could be grounds for denying an application or revoking a registration. Inventory acquired before the guidance may still be dispensed and distributed.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

The Cannabis Control Commission stops accepting applications to the Social Equity Program. The window opened September 1, 2026, and the Commission announced both ends of it in a press release on August 24, 2026, stating that the application period will span September 1st to November 30, 2026.

Program status carries waived application fees, waived monthly seed-to-sale program fees, expedited license application review, a 50 percent reduction in annual license fees, and exclusive access to the Social Consumption and Delivery license types. Four virtual application clinics run across the window, the first on August 26, 2026.

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The Division of Cannabis Regulation's new rule 19 CSR 100-1.200 creates the marijuana research facility license. Research licensees may acquire and transfer marijuana product to and from cultivation, manufacturing and testing licensees, cultivate and process marijuana for research, transfer research-derived seeds and clones to cultivation facilities under an approved study, and conduct research on human and animal subjects. Research product must be tracked in the statewide track-and-trace system and labeled "For Research Purposes Only" and "Not For Sale or Distribution."

The order of rulemaking published in the October 1, 2026 Missouri Register and states the rule takes effect 30 days after publication in the Code of State Regulations; under the Secretary of State's schedule that publication is October 31, 2026, making the rule effective November 30, 2026.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

Under Public Act 26-8, infused beverage manufacturers may incorporate intermediate hemp derivative, bringing CBG, CBN and approved manufactured cannabinoids into the supply chain.

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This is a comment deadline on a proposed rule, not an effective date. New rule R66-40, published in the November 1, 2026 Utah State Bulletin under HB 385 (2026), would set application, renewal, inspection, records, sampling, testing and product information requirements for retailers of specialized products, a category that includes cannabinoid products, kratom and tobacco. The Department says the rule may become effective December 8, 2026; that date is not carried until a notice of effective date publishes.

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The Department of Cannabis Control emergency regulation DCC-2026-03-E expires. It created a pathway for a licensee authorized to engage in retail activities to form a second, related entity and hold two distinct licenses, one adult-use and one medicinal, at the same premises location. It was filed with the Secretary of State and took effect June 4, 2026. The Department may readopt or replace it before this date.

LicensingPrimary source

Public comment closes on the Division of Cannabis Regulation's proposed amendments to 19 CSR 100-1.070 and 19 CSR 100-1.100, the ownership and control rules for marijuana facility licenses. The Division states the amendments publish in the November 2, 2026 Missouri Register and that comments are accepted from November 2nd through December 2, 2026. The Register text had not posted as of this entry. The rules are proposed, not final.

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All majority owners, meaning anyone holding more than a 50 percent interest in an Adult-Use Retail License application, must complete an NCIC background check, including fingerprints submitted to the FBI, by December 4, 2026, through a Rhode Island police department, the Attorney General or the State Police. The Cannabis Control Commission warns that applicants whose majority owners miss the date risk processing delays and may be barred from continuing in the application process. The retail application portal itself closes November 23, 2026.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

Under Cannabis Office Bulletin 2026-7 as amended October 8, 2026, hemp licensees that hold products above the federal 0.4 mg total THC per container limit may store them in a designated quarantine area if the products were made, processed or procured in compliance before December 11, 2026, but must list them on the Hemp Quarantine 2026 form and submit it to the Cannabis Office on or before December 4, 2026, keeping a copy onsite. Nothing may be added to or removed from quarantine after December 11th, and quarantined products may not be processed, moved, distributed or sold unless the federal government or the Commission explicitly authorizes it. Destruction requests may be made at any time under Cannabis Office supervision.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

The Access to Medical Cannabis Commission's September 30, 2026 meeting summary lists the 2026 dispensing license renewal period as December 7th through December 11, 2026, for licenses that expire on December 31, 2026. Under Rule 351-3-.03 licensees renew during the renewal period established by the Commission. The period closes December 11, 2026, carried as its own entry.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

The Cannabis Control Commission's October 9, 2026 bulletin, following its October 8th vote, states that effective December 8, 2026 the Commission's prior votes on administrative license extensions dated August 11, 2022, May 23, 2024, February 25, 2025, October 9, 2025 and August 13, 2026 are rescinded. Extensions granted before that date remain valid under their existing terms until expiration. From October 8, 2026 the Executive Director may approve extensions of up to 365 calendar days solely so a licensee can obtain a compliant Host Community Agreement or waiver, conditioned on good standing with the Department of Revenue, all tax returns filed and a prorated fee. Requests go through MassCIP at least 14 days before the license expires, and an expired license cannot be extended. No HCA-related extensions will be granted after November 9, 2027, carried separately.

LicensingPrimary source

The Food and Drug Administration proposes to require a premarket notice before any substance is used in human or animal food on the basis of generally recognized as safe status, replacing voluntary self-affirmation (docket FDA-2025-N-3262). It is a general food safety rulemaking rather than a hemp rule, but it reaches hemp-derived ingredients that currently rely on self-affirmed GRAS status. This is a comment deadline on a proposed rule, not an effective date.

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Section 2019 of the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, signed September 2, 2026, narrows Section 781 until December 11, 2026 to products containing cannabinoids the plant cannot naturally produce. On this date that limitation ends and the Section 781 restrictions apply to hemp products generally, unless Congress changes the law again. From this date, hemp products may contain no more than 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container. The December funding bill is the expected venue for any further change. Missouri's dispensary-only rule also attaches to hemp beverages on this date under section 195.900.11(2) of its statute, and Delaware's HB 373 sunset turns on when the federal restrictions reach the beverages it authorizes. Rhode Island's Cannabis Control Commission has told hemp licensees it will enforce the 0.4 mg per container limit from this date (Bulletin 2026-7).

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The Cannabis Control Commission's Cannabis Office Bulletin 2026-7, issued September 11, 2026 and amended October 8, 2026, tells hemp licensees that from this date hemp-derived products manufactured, processed, distributed, offered for sale or sold at retail in Rhode Island, including online, may not contain more than 0.4 mg of total THC per container, the federal Section 781 limit as it applies in full on December 11th. The amendment lets licensees keep products over the limit that were compliant before this date in a designated quarantine area instead of removing them, provided the Hemp Quarantine 2026 inventory is submitted to the Cannabis Office by December 4, 2026; nothing may be added to or removed from quarantine after this date, quarantined stock may not be processed, moved, distributed or sold without federal or Commission authorization, and anything offered for sale on or after this date is noncompliant and subject to administrative penalties. The bulletin covers Industrial Hemp Program, Hemp Handler, Dual and Hemp-Derived Consumable CBD Distributor and Retailer licensees, and the Commission notes the date remains subject to changes in federal law.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

Last day of the Access to Medical Cannabis Commission's 2026 dispensing license renewal period, listed in the Commission's September 30, 2026 meeting summary as December 7th through December 11, 2026. The opening day is carried as its own entry.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

Section 195.900.11(2) of the Missouri statutes, enacted by HB 2641, covers every hemp-derived cannabinoid product outside the four categories that moved on November 12th, including hemp THC beverages, only during any period in which the federal hemp restrictions prohibit them. Congress delayed the federal Section 781 restrictions before November 12, 2026, and they apply in full on December 11, 2026, so from this date those products may be sold in Missouri only through facilities licensed under Article XIV. Sales to anyone under 21 are prohibited throughout. The Division of Cannabis Regulation's HB 2641 guidance states that beverages with naturally occurring cannabinoids not synthesized or manufactured outside the plant are not subject to Article XIV until December 11, 2026. An enacted change to the federal date would move this one.

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The Medical Cannabis Commission states on its How to Apply page that it will keep the current manufacturer application period open through December 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM Central time, and that applications already submitted remain active. This supersedes the September 14, 2026 close the Commission had announced after its August 17th vote. The Commission may license no more than four manufacturers. It also says the proposed fee and application regulations, which went to a public hearing October 15, 2026, are anticipated to take effect in early 2027, and that a new manufacturer application period will open after final adoption; that future window has no published dates. Cultivator applications remain closed, and the dispensary and transporter windows remain unopened pending legislative action.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

The Office of Cannabis Management has given operators 75 days' notice that Guidance Memo GM-2025-03 is withdrawn effective December 14, 2026. The memo governed the move of hemp businesses from registration under Minnesota Statutes section 151.72 to licensing under chapter 342: it let newly licensed lower-potency hemp edible retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers sell pre-licensure inventory through its expiration and let cannabis wholesalers buy hemp products intended for smoking that were made under section 151.72 before October 31, 2025. The transition period itself ended March 31, 2026, and the office notes that products made under section 151.72 reached their expiration no later than October 1, 2026. The office cites the uncertainty created by impending federal law changes to the intoxicating hemp market. Products made and distributed by a license holder under chapter 342 and Minnesota Rules chapter 9810 are unaffected. The date falls three days after the federal Section 781 restrictions apply in full.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

This is a comment deadline on a proposed rule, not an effective date. The Department of Cannabis Control noticed DCC-2026-04-R on October 30, 2026 to permanently adopt the emergency rules, which expire December 2, 2026, that let a licensee holding both adult-use and medicinal designations on one license obtain separate licenses through an expedited process, including issuance to a different legal entity, so licensees may pursue federal registration after rescheduling. A virtual hearing follows on December 15, 2026.

CommentPrimary source|Analysis

The Office of Cannabis Management's FY27 CanRenew grant program takes applications through 4:30 PM Central time on December 15, 2026. The request for proposals opened October 22, 2026; questions are due December 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM Central time, and awards run from $50,000 to $2 million. Late applications are not accepted.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

Section 64 of Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2026, the cannabis law signed April 19, 2026, directs the Cannabis Control Commission to study and recommend how the hemp-derived cannabinoid market should be regulated, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, the Department of Agricultural Resources, local boards of public health, the Department of Revenue and the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission. The study covers federal and state legal changes, licensing conditions, testing requirements, age requirements and safeguards against underage access, retail sales and taxation, and how other states regulate ingestible hemp products. The Commission must publish the results on its website and file them with the House and Senate clerks and the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy by December 15, 2026. The study makes recommendations; it does not change any rule on its own.

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This is a public hearing on a proposed rule, not an effective date. The Department of Cannabis Control will take verbal comment on DCC-2026-04-R by WebEx or telephone beginning at 10 AM PT; written comments close the day before, December 14, 2026. The rule would make permanent the emergency pathway for splitting a dual adult-use and medicinal license into separate licenses.

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The Cannabis Control Board adopted its Procedure Governing Cannabis Event Permits on October 28, 2026 and says staff will open the event application process in November, with a lottery during the Board's regular meeting of December 16th. The Board may issue up to 10 event permits per year, and a selected event must take place between 60 and 180 days after selection. The application open date has not been published.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

Metrc Support Bulletin MN_IB_0075, distributed October 9, 2026 in partnership with the Office of Cannabis Management, schedules the Metrc transition to Minnesota's streamlined single supply chain, which takes effect in January 2027 under the 2026 legislative changes. On December 28, 2026 Metrc updates all facility types to the new adult-use, medical and combined categories, and retailers cannot record retail sales or direct deliveries until their point-of-sale connection is restored. Retail inventory consolidates into one primary facility January 4, 2027, manufacturing and wholesale January 7th, and cultivation January 11th, from 7 PM to 6 AM each night; historical records in legacy facilities do not carry over, so reports should be downloaded first. Businesses licensed after January 1, 2027 are not affected. The dates come from Metrc's own bulletin; no separate OCM notice has been located yet.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

The Agricultural Marketing Service announced on December 23, 2025 that it is delaying until December 31, 2026 the enforcement of the requirement under the hemp production rule (7 CFR part 990) that all hemp be tested by a laboratory registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration, citing inadequate DEA registered laboratory capacity and delays in the DEA registration process. Through this date testing can be conducted by laboratories that are not DEA registered; after it the DEA registration requirement is enforced unless AMS extends its discretion again. This is an agency enforcement date, not a new rule.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

Section 44-10-203 C.R.S., as amended by SB 24-076, requires the Marijuana Enforcement Division to promulgate seed-to-sale tracking rules that do not require radio frequency identification technology, and provides that from this date a licensee is not required to use RFID tags.

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The Putting Georgia's Patients First Act requires the Department of Public Health to adopt rules implementing the medical cannabis ingestion and vaporization provisions no later than this date. The core provisions, including vaporization for registered patients 21 and older and a 12,000 mg cumulative THC possession ceiling, took effect July 1, 2026.

RegulationPrimary source

SB 33 bans synthetic cannabinoids such as HHC by classifying them as restricted dangerous drugs and excluding them from the definition of consumable hemp product, and revises certificate of analysis requirements and penalties. It does not ban delta-8.

StatutePrimary source

Phase two of SF 4401 authorizes a new ratio hemp infused cannabis product category, replaces the medical combination license with a macrobusiness license, and merges the medical and adult-use supply chain. The same chapter's medical endorsement sections take effect the same day: a business holding a medical cannabis retail endorsement must carry every product on the Office of Cannabis Management's high medical need list, published October 12, 2026 as Guidance Memo GM-2026-08, which covers CBD only, high CBD ratio, balanced 1:1 and high THC dosage products in pill, water soluble, orally dissolvable and tincture forms.

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HB 4142, known as Ryan's Law, expands the definition of debilitating medical condition to include the need for hospice, palliative, comfort or other symptom management care, and requires hospice, palliative and home care organizations and residential facilities to adopt policies permitting registered patients to use medical cannabis. Hospitals and their affiliated clinics are exempt. Written policies are required by June 30, 2027 and staff training by December 31, 2027.

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Senate Bill 39 (2026 Session Laws chapter 167) repeals the state grower, processor and research licenses under SDCL chapter 38-35, so only a producer licensed under the USDA program may cultivate hemp in South Dakota. It also excludes from the definition of industrial hemp product any product containing synthetically derived cannabinoids, naming delta-8 THC, delta-10 THC, THC-O-acetate, HHC and THCP, and aligns transport documentation with federal rules.

StatutePrimary source|Analysis

Senate Bill 624, signed July 2, 2026 as Chapter 275 of the Laws of 2026, takes effect. It redefines hemp by a total tetrahydrocannabinols concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry-weight basis, counting THCA, in place of the delta-9 standard. It provides that products derived from hemp containing natural or synthetic THC above 0.3 percent on a dry-weight basis in any formulation, including delta-8, delta-9, THCA and any other isomer, are prohibited, and directs liquor licensees to comply with that prohibition. It bars anyone from selling or giving a hemp-derived product containing THC in any amount to a person under 21. The act sets a dry-weight percentage standard rather than a milligrams per container cap. It also creates new criminal adulteration offenses for controlled substances.

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Public Act 104-463, the Illinois Hemp Act signed June 12, 2026, adds Section 35-18 to the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act and directs the Department of Agriculture to develop by rule a process to issue at least 45 infuser licenses by January 1, 2027. Licenses go to applicants at least 51 percent owned by people who meet the social equity criteria; if more than 45 qualify, the Department may run a lottery in which applicants with hemp business experience receive an additional draw. The implementing rule, 8 Ill. Adm. Code 1300.412, was published for first notice in the October 16, 2026 Illinois Register with a 45-day comment period and a pre-application window of at least 10 business days whose dates have not been announced. This is a deadline on the Department to issue the licenses, not an application window date.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

AB 2532, Chapter 949, Statutes of 2026, adds the toll-free number for the national Poison Help line to the information required on labels and inserts for edible cannabis products and cannabis beverages. The provision carries no stated operative date and takes effect January 1, 2027 under the ordinary schedule for a 2026 chaptered bill; the Department of Cannabis Control's November 2, 2026 licensee newsletter confirms that some AB 2532 requirements take effect as soon as January 1, 2027. The multi-serving beverage rules in the same act follow on July 1, 2027.

StatutePrimary source|Analysis

Per Metrc Support Bulletin MN_IB_0075, on January 18, 2027 Metrc Support updates every facility's Metrc license number to the new format for Minnesota's single supply chain. Point-of-sale systems and third-party integrators may need updates, so businesses should coordinate with their vendors in advance; the Office of Cannabis Management is to communicate the new license numbers in late January. The cutover itself begins December 28, 2026. The date comes from Metrc's own bulletin; no separate OCM notice has been located yet.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

The Access to Medical Cannabis Commission's September 30, 2026 meeting summary lists the next regular open application period for dispensing licenses in 2027 as January 25th through January 29, 2027. Under Rule 351-3-.02(2) dispensing license applications may only be submitted during an open application period announced by the Commission. The window closes January 29, 2027, carried as its own entry.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

Last day of the Access to Medical Cannabis Commission's January 2027 regular open application period for dispensing licenses, listed in the Commission's September 30, 2026 meeting summary as January 25th through January 29, 2027. The opening day is carried as its own entry.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

Senate Bill 10643, signed October 28, 2026 as Chapter 369 of the Laws of 2026, repealed the labor peace agreement requirement for cannabis licensees on signing. Its disclosure requirements for ownership, management agreements and pay, and the Cannabis Industry Wage Board under the Labor Law, take effect January 31, 2027, with the board's first hearing due by March 1, 2027. The Governor's approval memo records a deal with legislative leaders to amend the chapter next session, striking the wage board and letting the Cannabis Control Board give priority to applicants that sign a labor peace agreement voluntarily; until that amendment is enacted, the January 31, 2027 date stands.

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Section 3 of House Bill 373 provides that the act takes effect 90 days after enactment, except that new Section 581A of Title 4, relating to the imposition and collection of taxes, takes effect February 1, 2027. From this date the tax is $0.50 per single-serving infused beverage container and $8.50 per 750-milliliter bottle. The beverage framework itself took effect October 21, 2026.

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Enactment clause 15 of House Bill 30 provides that the Cannabis Control Authority may begin accepting license applications on and after this date, and clause 12 requires it to begin accepting microbusiness applications by then. Clause 20 requires the Board to promulgate the regulations implementing the act by the same date, and clause 17 sets the deadline for outdoor growth regulations. The act caps retail marijuana store licenses at 350. The requirement that licenses available to impact licensee applicants equal or exceed those available to all other applicants attaches to additional Tier V cultivation licenses the Board determines beginning January 1, 2028, not to all license types.

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Enactment clause 18 of House Bill 30 directs the Cannabis Control Authority to establish the seed-to-sale tracking system that the adult-use market will run on. It shares a date with the Authority's deadline to promulgate implementing regulations and to begin accepting license applications.

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The Access to Medical Cannabis Commission's September 30, 2026 meeting summary lists a 2027 dispensing license renewal period of March 8th through March 12, 2027. The summary gives the expiring licenses as those expiring March 31, 2026, which reads as a typographical error for 2027. The period closes March 12, 2027, carried as its own entry.

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Last day of the Access to Medical Cannabis Commission's March 2027 dispensing license renewal period, listed in the Commission's September 30, 2026 meeting summary as March 8th through March 12, 2027. The opening day is carried as its own entry.

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Enactment clause 12 of House Bill 30 provides that the Cannabis Control Authority may issue up to 100 microbusiness licenses on or before this date, to applicants including industrial hemp processors and growers registered before January 1, 2021 and in good standing as of September 1, 2026. Clause 15 makes the same date the first day the Authority may begin issuing licenses of any kind. Retail sales do not begin until July 1, 2027.

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Office of Cannabis Management Guidance Memo GM-2026-03, which governs external transfers of hemp-derived consumer products and hemp concentrates into Metrc, allows products containing only non-intoxicating cannabinoids (CBD, CBG, CBN and CBC) to rely on out-of-state laboratory testing until this date. After it, those products need testing by a Minnesota laboratory before they can enter the track and trace system. This is a compliance date set in OCM guidance, not a rule effective date.

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Senate Bill 226, signed May 21, 2026 as Chapter 268 of Volume 85, takes effect one year after signature. Health care facilities must permit a patient who holds a valid medical marijuana registry card and has a terminal illness to use medical marijuana on the premises, excluding smoking and vaping. A facility may refuse where a medical professional finds the use would adversely affect the patient's care or where a federal agency begins enforcement or issues a rule against it, and good faith compliance is protected from civil, criminal and professional liability. The bill is modeled on California's Ryan's Law.

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At its October 8, 2026 public meeting the Cannabis Control Commission voted to extend its pause on accepting new applications for Indoor and Outdoor Marijuana Cultivator licenses and for Marijuana Microbusiness licenses that are not majority equity owned. The Commission's October 9th bulletin states that the suspension will remain in effect until June 30, 2027. The pause was first approved April 16, 2026. It does not apply to microbusiness applicants majority equity-owned by eligible Social Equity Program participants or Economic Empowerment Applicants. The Commission may shorten or extend the suspension if it finds that market conditions warrant it, so this date can move.

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Section 16-12-201 MCA, as amended by SB 27 of 2025, directs the Department of Revenue to begin accepting applications for and issuing licenses to cultivate, manufacture or sell marijuana to applicants not previously licensed and for premises not previously licensed. The statutory moratorium known as freeze the footprint runs through June 30, 2027, so this is the first day the new license market reopens.

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The Virginia adult-use cannabis retail market opens, as authorized by House Bill 30 and confirmed by the Commonwealth's July 1, 2026 guidance. Legal retail sales begin with seed-to-sale tracking and mandatory reporting, following up to 100 microbusiness licenses from May 1, 2027.

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AB 2532, signed September 30, 2026, amends Business and Professions Code sections 26120, 26130 and 26152. From this date the label of a cannabis beverage with more than one serving must state that it contains multiple servings, give the single-serving size in fluid ounces to the nearest tenth, and explain how to measure one serving. A multi-serving beverage in a transparent container must carry conspicuous lines marking individual servings unless the container shape makes that impossible, and the retailer must offer the buyer, at no charge, a manufacturer supplied measuring device that holds at least one fluid ounce. No one in commercial cannabis activity may advertise a multi-serving beverage as single serve or encourage drinking several servings at once. The bill's separate requirement to print the national Poison Help line on edible and beverage labels carries no stated date and follows the ordinary January 1, 2027 schedule.

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Act 176 (S.278), signed June 18, 2026, makes two fee sections effective July 1, 2027. Section 10a cuts annual outdoor cultivator license fees to $375, $925, $2,000, $4,000 and $9,000 across tiers 1 through 5, half the prior amounts. Section 13 replaces the $50 annual per employee licensing fee with a $100 biennial fee and makes employee licenses valid for two years. The same act requires the Cannabis Control Board to begin rulemaking for the new cannabis event permit on or before this date. The purchase and possession limit increases to two ounces took effect July 1, 2026.

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Under the new state inventory tracking contract announced in MED Industry Bulletin 26-08, Metrc's Colorado bulletin of October 16, 2026 sets the fee term: a Licensee Support Fee of $50 per month per active facility from November 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, then $600 per year per active facility paid in advance from July 1, 2027, plus applicable taxes. Plant UID tracking fees stay at $0.40 and package UID fees at $0.25 through June 30, 2028, after which the plant UID fee rises to $0.45.

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The Cannabis Control Commission's October 9, 2026 bulletin on administrative extension of licenses states that the Commission will not grant any additional HCA-related license extensions after November 9, 2027. From October 8, 2026 the Executive Director may approve extensions of up to 365 calendar days solely for obtaining a compliant Host Community Agreement or waiver, and the Commission's prior extension votes are rescinded effective December 8, 2026. A licensee still without a compliant agreement or waiver after this date has no further administrative extension available.

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The full implementation date for most provisions of AB 8. Intoxicating hemp cannabinoids are integrated into the licensed cannabis market: dispensary-only sales, seed-to-sale tracking and the 15 percent cannabis excise tax apply, and synthetic cannabinoids and inhalable hemp THC products outside the licensed market are prohibited.

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Part IV of Act 241, Session Laws of Hawaii 2025, makes it unlawful to cultivate cannabis in Hawaii without a cultivator license issued by the Department of Health. The effective date was moved in conference from January 1, 2027 to January 1, 2028.

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AB 2249, signed August 31, 2026 as Chapter 164, defines attractive to children for cannabis packaging, labeling and advertising. It bans cartoons, imagery of people appearing under 21, child associated celebrities, fantasy characters, candy imagery and candy style naming, and bars cartoon or stylized fruit imagery on edible and vape labels while permitting realistic imagery that describes ingredients. The Department of Cannabis Control must publish compliance guidance. It takes effect the same day as the full AB 8 implementation.

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AB 2250, the cleanup bill to AB 8, was signed September 27, 2026. Beginning January 1, 2028 it excludes CBN isolate from the definition of cannabis concentrate under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, matching the CBD isolate exclusion AB 8 makes on the same day. The bill also bars any sale of cannabis or products presumed to be cannabis by tobacco retailers, widens seizure authority at unlicensed premises, and spells out that track and trace covers cultivation through delivery; those provisions carry no stated operative date.

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Act 178 (S.323), signed June 18, 2026, repeals 7 V.S.A. 855(a)(12), the provision that let the Cannabis Control Board waive or reduce licensing fees for craft processors, on January 1, 2028. The same act moved hemp processor oversight to the Cannabis Control Board on passage, with registration fees of $50 for producers, $500 for processors and $75 per product, and requires a hemp fee report to the legislature by January 15, 2027.

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Public Act 104-463 moves two transporter dates in the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act from January 1, 2027 to January 1, 2028: transporter licensees pay no license fee through this date, and the Department of Agriculture makes no new transporter application available until it. From the same date the Department may issue up to 100 additional infuser licenses under the social equity experience lottery, beyond the at least 45 it must issue by January 1, 2027. The additional licenses are permissive; the transporter dates are fixed by the statute.

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The Department of Cannabis Control's pesticide testing rulemaking, approved and filed with the Secretary of State on July 27, 2026, takes effect in two phases. Phase one revised the action levels on October 1, 2026. Beginning April 1, 2028 the Table 2 action levels in section 15719 apply, adding 14 pesticides to the required panel and lowering the action levels for several analytes already tested.

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Cannabis Control Board Resolution 2026-77, dated October 1, 2026, extended the provisional license period for provisional CAURD and adult-use licensees to December 31, 2028, including provisional licenses issued through December 31, 2027. It replaces the December 31, 2026 date set by Resolution 2025-65. Provisional licensees who do not submit a complete post-selection application by the new date lose the license and cannot proceed to final licensure.

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