Rhode Island H8544 and S3313, signed June 10, 2026, void the original retail application round and direct the Cannabis Control Commission to open a new license application process within 60 days. Commission counsel stated on the record on July 24, 2026 that the 60 day date is August 10, 2026. The Commission met it with three days to spare: a press release on August 6, 2026 launched the revised process, opening the portal and the social equity interest form on August 7, setting September 11 as the social equity certification deadline, and November 23 as the close of the retail window. This event remains as the statutory marker; the applicant facing dates are tracked separately.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

Comment deadline at 5 p.m. on Maine Office of Cannabis Policy routine technical rulemaking amending 18-691 C.M.R. ch. 40, Rules for the Testing of Adult Use Cannabis, proposal filing 2026-P172. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source

Comment deadline at 5 p.m. on Maine Office of Cannabis Policy routine technical rulemaking amending 18-691 C.M.R. ch. 5, Rules for the Certification of Cannabis Testing Facilities, proposal filing 2026-P171. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source

Public comment closes on the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food's amendment to R66-30, Industrial Hemp Program: Cannabinoid Product Processors, published in the July 15, 2026 Utah State Bulletin. The agency anticipates an August 21, 2026 effective date. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source

Public comment closes on the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food's amendment to R66-31, Industrial Hemp Cannabinoid Product Testing, covering testing tables, microbial and mycotoxin action levels, a heavy metals table for animal products, and standardized COA terminology. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source

Public comment closes on the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food's amendment to R66-34, Industrial Hemp Retailer Permit, conforming the retailer permit rules to HB 385 of the 2026 General Session. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source

Public comment closes on the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food's amendment to R66-35, Cannabinoid Product Registration and Labeling. Of the four Utah filings closing this day, this is the one that bears most directly on hemp beverage and cannabinoid product manufacturers selling into Utah. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source

Under Virginia HB 30 (2026) a product with more than 2 mg total THC per package can no longer be produced or sold as a hemp product, because the 25 to 1 CBD to THC ratio exception is eliminated. Hemp regulation also transfers from VDACS to the Cannabis Control Authority. Seven hemp businesses filed a federal suit on July 31, 2026 in the Western District of Virginia seeking to block this date. On August 14, 2026 Judge Robert S. Ballou denied both the temporary restraining order and the preliminary injunction, holding that the businesses showed neither a likelihood of success on the merits nor irreparable injury, and that the balance of equities favors the Commonwealth. This date took effect as enacted. The underlying constitutional case continues.

StatutePrimary source|Analysis

Post hearing briefs of up to 50 pages, which may include closing arguments, and proposed transcript corrections are due to the Chief Administrative Law Judge in the DEA proceeding to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III. The judge then drafts a recommended decision; the final decision rests with the DEA Administrator and has no published timeline.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food's amendment to R66-30, Industrial Hemp Program: Cannabinoid Product Processors, took effect on the date the agency had anticipated. The notice of effective date appears in the September 15, 2026 Utah State Bulletin, which is the first issue covering filings made between August 15 and September 1. The comment period closed August 14, 2026 and is carried above.

RegulationPrimary source

The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food's amendment to R66-31, Industrial Hemp Cannabinoid Product Testing, took effect: reorganized testing tables, clarified microbial and mycotoxin action levels, a heavy metals table for animal products, and standardized COA terminology. The notice of effective date appears in the September 15, 2026 Utah State Bulletin. The comment period closed August 14, 2026 and is carried above.

RegulationPrimary source

The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food's amendment to R66-34, Industrial Hemp Retailer Permit, conforming the retailer permit rules to HB 385 of the 2026 General Session, took effect. The notice of effective date appears in the September 15, 2026 Utah State Bulletin. The comment period closed August 14, 2026 and is carried above.

RegulationPrimary source

The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food's amendment to R66-35, Cannabinoid Product Registration and Labeling, took effect. Of the four Utah filings made effective this day, this is the one that bears most directly on hemp beverage and cannabinoid product manufacturers selling into Utah. The notice of effective date appears in the September 15, 2026 Utah State Bulletin. The comment period closed August 14, 2026 and is carried above.

RegulationPrimary source

Amendments to ARM 42.39.203 take effect. Each plant must be issued a tag at twelve inches, and the tag must be physically affixed once the plant reaches eighteen inches. Packages of flower and usable marijuana may not exceed five pounds, process lots are capped at 5,000 grams for weight based products and by piece count for count based products, and on premises and in transit inventories must be reconciled in the seed to sale tracking system by 11:59 p.m. each day, with licensed testing laboratories permitted to reconcile at the end of the applicable testing period instead. Harvests must be scheduled at least 72 hours in advance and compliance notifications resolved within 30 days.

The Department of Revenue adopted the rule as MAR Notice No. 2026-445.2, with changes from the April 24, 2026 proposal made in response to comments and a May 18, 2026 public hearing.

RegulationPrimary source

Amendments to ARM 42.39.122, 42.39.314 and 42.39.319 take effect, implementing House Bill 792 of 2025. Packaging may not primarily appeal to children or resemble commercially available candy, snacks, baked goods or beverages. Exit packaging must be child resistant and opaque and carry the statutory warnings and QR code, and a drinkable marijuana product with more than one serving per package must include a device for measuring a single serving. The mandatory signage a licensee must post at each entry to a licensed premises is also revised.

The Department of Revenue adopted the rule as MAR Notice No. 2026-93.2. No hearing was requested on the June 5, 2026 proposal; comments were received and the rules were amended from the original proposal.

RegulationPrimary source

San Francisco Ordinance No. 131-26 creates a new Cannabis Cafe permit administered by the city's Office of Cannabis, authorizing the sale of cannabis for consumption on the premises alongside non cannabis food and nonalcoholic beverages, and exempting cannabis cafes from the prohibition on smoking in business establishments. No alcohol or tobacco may be sold or consumed on the premises. The ordinance takes effect at 12:00 a.m. on the 31st day after the Mayor approved it on July 23, 2026. For the first year only holders of a storefront cannabis retailer permit, or entities with the same owners, may apply.

LicensingPrimary source

The Montana Department of Revenue proposes housekeeping amendments to ARM 42.39.602, 42.39.607, 42.39.608, 42.39.613 and 42.39.617, removing residual references to the state laboratory and updating cross references. Comments are due by 5:00 p.m. No hearing is contemplated unless one is requested by the same deadline. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source

The Montana Department of Revenue proposes to amend ARM 42.39.121 so that a marijuana licensee's video monitoring system must be capable of giving the department a recording in one of a defined list of common file formats. The department says it repeatedly receives unviewable recordings that need vendor specific players, which delays inspections and investigations. It estimates 354 affected licensees. Comments are due by 5:00 p.m. and no hearing is contemplated unless one is requested by the same deadline. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source

Public hearing on the Ohio Division of Cannabis Control rules package under O.A.C. 1301:18, filed as an original filing on July 21, 2026. The package covers new and rescinded definitions, an amended fee schedule, and related cannabis program rules. This is a public testimony opportunity on proposed rules, not an effective date. The Register of Ohio publishes the date but not a start time.

On the same day, two rules in the package, O.A.C. 1301:18-9-02 General Requirements and 1301:18-9-03 General Prohibited Activities, moved to Process Terminated and are marked to be refiled. Any refiled version will carry its own comment deadline and hearing date.

HearingPrimary source

Written comment closes at 5 p.m. on the Cannabis Control Commission's review of the regulations and protocols for testing cannabis and cannabis products in the Commonwealth. Comments go to Commission@CCCMass.com with the subject line Testing. The Commission describes this as initial feedback to guide a holistic review that begins in September under Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2026, so no proposed rule text has been published yet. This is a comment deadline, not an effective date.

CommentPrimary source

Hybrid public hearing from 10 a.m. Eastern time at the Cannabis Control Commission's Union Station headquarters, 2 Washington Square, Worcester, with remote testimony available. Speakers must sign up by 5 p.m. on August 23, 2026 and each is given three minutes; written testimony may also be submitted by email. Written comment on the same review closes at 5 p.m. the same day. This is a public testimony opportunity, not an effective date, and no proposed rule text has been published yet.

HearingPrimary source

Permanent rulemaking hearing at 2:00 p.m. Mountain time in Lakewood on the Marijuana Enforcement Division's 2026 annual rulemaking and fee setting, 1 CCR 212-3, tracking number 2026-00310. Subjects include application requirements, transfer restrictions, accelerator eligibility, testing and sampling, testing facility certification, and license fee increases. This is a hearing on proposed rules, not an effective date.

HearingPrimary source|Analysis

Public hearing at 11:30 a.m. Mountain time in Helena on the Montana Department of Revenue's proposed amendments to ARM 42.39.102 and 42.39.105, clarifying what day to day operational control of a marijuana business means. This is a public testimony opportunity on proposed rules, not an effective date. Written comments on the same docket close September 8, 2026.

HearingPrimary source

Public hearing at 12:00 p.m. Mountain time in Helena on a proposed new Montana Department of Revenue rule implementing Senate Bill 74 of 2025. Marijuana licensees would have to disclose third party contractual relationships to the department before any work begins, reaching management, consulting, financing, staffing, revenue distribution and any arrangement giving a third party access to the licensed premises, the books and records, or the seed to sale tracking system. This is a public testimony opportunity on proposed rules, not an effective date. Written comments on the same docket close September 8, 2026.

HearingPrimary source

Public hearing at 11:00 a.m. Mountain time in Helena on the Montana Department of Revenue's proposal to amend ARM 42.2.613 through 42.2.621 and repeal ARM 42.2.620, the rules of its Office of Dispute Resolution. The package revises the definition of marijuana matters and keeps the delegation of authority to issue a final agency decision in them, so it sets the procedure a cannabis licensee follows to contest department action. This is a public testimony opportunity on proposed rules, not an effective date. Written comments on the same docket close September 8, 2026.

HearingPrimary source

Enactment clause 12 of House Bill 30 sets eligibility for the first round of Virginia microbusiness licenses. An industrial hemp processor or grower qualifies only if it registered with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services before January 1, 2021 and is in good standing as of this date. It is a backward looking status test, applied later when the Cannabis Control Authority evaluates applications. Nothing takes effect on this date and nothing has to be filed on it, but a registrant that is not in good standing on it loses access to that pathway. The Authority's own deadline to promulgate regulations implementing the act is February 1, 2027.

StatutePrimary source|Analysis

Applications open for the Cannabis Control Commission's Social Equity Program, submitted through the Massachusetts Cannabis Industry Portal. Program status carries waived application fees, waived monthly Metrc 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 during the exclusivity periods set under 935 CMR 500.050. The Commission puts its typical review period at two to three months and is running application clinics on August 26, September 16 and October 21, 2026. The close date is now published. A Commission press release of August 24, 2026 states that the application period will span September 1 to November 30, 2026. The close is carried separately below.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food closes the application period for the second of two independent medical cannabis pharmacies required by HB 54 of the 2025 session. The window opened August 3, 2026. After eligibility review the Specialized Product Authority Licensing Board selects one applicant, and the license must be issued before January 1, 2027.

LicensingPrimary source

The Cannabis Control Division turns BioTrack off at 12:01 a.m. From this date every licensee must conduct all cannabis activity, including retail sales, in the New Mexico Seed to Sale System. The transition is mandatory for all cannabis licensees and the new system is free to them. The Division published the surrounding schedule as well. BioTrack functionality ended for non retailer licensees after 5 p.m. on August 25, 2026, and testing laboratories could not receive samples from August 25 through August 31. Producers, manufacturers and laboratories gained access to their migrated inventory on August 31. Retailer migration began at 12:01 a.m. on September 1, with sales still processed through BioTrack, and retailers held accounts in both systems from September 2 until this cutoff. This date is being challenged. A group of licensees led by Oasis Cannabis Company and The Grow NM sued the Division in the Second Judicial District Court on August 21, 2026, asking for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction that would keep BioTrack running until the Division shows the new system is fully tested and operational. The State moved to dismiss on August 24, 2026. On August 31, 2026 the court continued the hearing to the morning of September 4, 2026, cutover day itself, to see how the retailer rollout performs before ruling. No injunction is in place and the Division's own transition page still gives this date.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

The Cannabis Control Commission stops accepting the Interest Form that is the entry gate to Social Equity Applicant Status Certification. After this date no new applicant can begin a certification application, so it binds earlier than the certification portal deadline of 5 p.m. on September 11, 2026 carried below. The Commission notes that the dates on its certification page are subject to change.

LicensingPrimary source

The Department of Revenue adopted MAR 2026-129.2 as proposed on September 2, 2026, with no comments received. It amends ARM 42.39.121 to require that a licensee's video monitoring system be capable of providing the department with recordings in a defined list of common file formats, and removes a spent 2022 transition provision.

RegulationPrimary source

The Department of Revenue adopted MAR 2026-444.2 as proposed on September 2, 2026, with no comments received. It amends five testing laboratory rules to remove residual references to the DPHHS state laboratory and update cross references from ARM Title 37 to Title 42. A housekeeping change with no new obligations for licensees.

RegulationPrimary source

Written comment closes at 5:00 p.m. Mountain time on the Montana Department of Revenue's proposed amendments to ARM 42.39.102 and 42.39.105, clarifying what day to day operational control of a marijuana business means. A public hearing on the same docket is set for August 31, 2026. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source

Written comment closes at 5:00 p.m. Mountain time on a proposed new Montana Department of Revenue rule implementing Senate Bill 74 of 2025. Marijuana licensees would have to disclose third party contractual relationships to the department before any work begins, reaching management, consulting, financing, staffing, revenue distribution and any arrangement giving a third party access to the licensed premises, the books and records, or the seed to sale tracking system. This is a public testimony opportunity on proposed rules, not an effective date. Written comments on the same docket close September 8, 2026.

CommentPrimary source

Written comment closes at 5:00 p.m. Mountain time on the Montana Department of Revenue's proposal to amend ARM 42.2.613 through 42.2.621 and repeal ARM 42.2.620, the rules of its Office of Dispute Resolution. The package revises the definition of marijuana matters and the delegation of authority to issue a final agency decision in them, and adds a disclosure requirement for filings created using artificial intelligence. A public hearing on the same docket is set for August 31, 2026. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source

The Missouri Lottery conducts the random drawing for 77 microbusiness licenses in round three, with results posted by congressional district. License issuance is expected in December 2026.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

Written comment closes at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission's rewrite of Rule Chapter 351, which covers amendments to Chapters 351-1 through 351-8 and new Rules 351-6-.11 Delivery, 351-8-.07 Product Recall and Chapter 351-9 Research Permits. Comments go to rules@gmcc.ga.gov or by mail to the Commission at 254 Washington Street, Fourth Floor Suite 420, Atlanta, Georgia 30334. The rules are proposed, not final.

The same 5:00 p.m. deadline governs requests to speak at the September 16, 2026 public hearing. Anyone planning to testify must email the Commission by this date with their name, contact information and the rule chapters and numbers they wish to address. Oral statements are limited to five minutes each.

CommentPrimary source

A delayed provision of Public Act 104-0463 opens the medical opt in: any adult use dispensary holding an active license in good standing may opt in for a medical dispensary license, allowing sales to medical patients at the medical tax rate up to the patient's allotment. This is distinct from the Illinois hemp cannabinoid cap that lands November 12, 2026.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

Deadline to submit a Social Equity Applicant Status Certification application to the Cannabis Control Commission under the revised retail licensing process announced August 6, 2026. Applicants reach the certification portal by first submitting the interest form that became available August 7. This deadline falls well before the November 23, 2026 close of the general retail window, so an applicant seeking social equity status has the earlier of the two deadlines.

LicensingPrimary source

Six Division of Cannabis Control rules final filed September 1, 2026 take effect: packaging and labeling requirements for cannabis intended for direct customer sale (OAC 1301:18-4-20), the universal THC symbol (1301:18-4-04), limitations on cannabis strain names (1301:18-4-07), pre approval requirements for packaging and labeling (1301:18-4-19), additional packaging and labeling limitations (1301:18-4-21) and single serving unit requirements (1301:18-4-23). They are part of the rules package whose public hearing was held August 24, 2026. A seventh rule from the same package, limitations on packages, takes effect October 5, 2026 and is carried below as its own entry.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

The Secretary of the Commonwealth promulgated the Cannabis Control Commission's emergency amendments to 935 CMR 500.000 and 501.000 implementing Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2026. Social Equity Businesses may now hold up to six retail licenses, and other licensees up to five for the first 12 months after the Commission begins accepting applications and six thereafter. A single licensee may hold up to three fully integrated medical marijuana establishment licenses, the ownership or voting interest counted toward the caps rises from 10 percent to under 20 percent absent control, ESOP trustees are exempt from the caps, and the 2 ounce daily adult use purchase limit is codified. The Commission says a bulletin with application instructions toward the increased cap will follow.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

Amendments to the Colorado Department of Agriculture rules administering and enforcing the Industrial Hemp Regulatory Program Act take effect. The package adds definitions, revises non planting and planting reporting, centralizes fees, allocates the cost of sampling and testing, sets timelines, clarifies crop destruction and disposal plans, and addresses the total THC definition and state authority relative to federal law. The rules were adopted July 22, 2026, cleared the Attorney General on August 8, 2026, and publish in the Colorado Register on August 25, 2026.

RegulationPrimary source

The Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission closes its application window for medical cannabis product manufacturing licenses at 11:59 p.m. CDT. The Commission voted at its August 17, 2026 public meeting to extend the deadline from that day to September 14, and its own How to Apply page now states the new date. Applications go to Commission staff by email or mail, and because no more than four manufacturers may be licensed, applications will be selected for review by a secure random selection process. Dispensary licensing remains unscheduled.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

The Department of Health proposed Rule 64-4.227 on August 24, 2026 (Notice 31289210), converting emergency Rule 64ER25-6 into the permanent advertising and marketing regulation for medical marijuana treatment centers under section 381.986, Florida Statutes. Coverage reports tightened restrictions on celebrity branded products, social media marketing and roadside marquee advertising. This is a comment deadline on a proposed rule, not an effective date; the 21 day window closes September 14, 2026.

CommentPrimary source

The Maryland Cannabis Administration's omnibus package, Final Action 26-078-F, takes effect. Adopted August 13, 2026 and published as final in the September 4, 2026 Maryland Register, it amends seven COMAR 14.17 chapters: definitions, application process and issuance of licenses, grower operations, dispensary operations, cannabis products, finished product packaging and hearing procedures. It creates a sublingual pouch product category with its own packaging and labeling rules, lets conditional licensees request up to two six month extensions, and tightens youth appeal packaging restrictions in place of the plain packaging proposal. The Attorney General certified the changes from the June 26, 2026 proposal as nonsubstantive.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

The Office of Cannabis Regulation licensing cycle closes for cultivation and manufacturing licenses on St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John, dispensary licenses on St. Croix, and micro cultivation and research and development licenses territory wide. The deadline is carried by territorial press and is not yet posted on the Office's own site.

LicensingPrimary source

In person public hearing at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time at the Commission offices in Atlanta on the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission's Notices of Intent to amend Rule Chapters 351-1 through 351-8 and to adopt new Rules 351-6-.11, 351-8-.07 and Chapter 351-9, all posted August 13, 2026. The package includes home delivery by the Postal Service or a private carrier to the address on a patient's registry card, a separate pathway for long term care facilities, and seed to sale provisions. A courtesy livestream and dial in are published with the notice. This is a public testimony opportunity on proposed rules, not an effective date. Written comment on the same package closed a week earlier, at 5:00 p.m. on September 9, 2026, and that was also the deadline to request to speak here. The Commission has scheduled a meeting for September 30, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. by Zoom at which it may vote to adopt the rules; that vote is carried below as its own entry. A scheduled adoption vote is not an effective date, and any effective date the Commission sets on adoption will be carried separately.

HearingPrimary source|Analysis

The Department of Health, Office of Medical Cannabis, takes testimony on proposed amendments to 38 sections across Article 44:90, covering patient registry cards, establishment registration and operations, security, testing, manufacturing, dispensaries, packaging, recordkeeping and enforcement. The rules are proposed, not final. The hearing is at 10 a.m. Central Time at the Floyd Matthew Training Center in Pierre; written comments run through October 3, 2026, and the Legislature's Interim Rules Review Committee takes the package up October 14, 2026.

HearingPrimary source|Analysis

The San Francisco Office of Cannabis published proposed operating standards for cannabis cafe permit holders on September 11, 2026, implementing the cannabis cafe permit created by Ordinance 131-26, which took effect August 23. The proposal covers required authorizations, the operations plan, security, cannabis shipments, on-site consumption controls, employee training, medicinal cannabis access and business names. This is a comment deadline on a proposed rule, not an effective date. The Office accepts written comments through September 25, 2026 at officeofcannabis@sfgov.org or at 49 South Van Ness, Suite 660.

CommentPrimary source|Analysis

The Department of Revenue's adoption notice MAR 2026-155.2, signed September 21, 2026, amends ARM 42.39.102 and 42.39.105 to define day to day operational control of a marijuana business as the authority or ability to direct or materially influence routine management, operations or policies, and requires licensees to identify those persons at application and renewal. Adopted with one change from the August proposal: a change in the persons holding operational control must be reported within 30 days rather than ten. The residency requirement for those persons is statutory and unchanged.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

The Department of Revenue's adoption notice MAR 2026-902.2, signed September 21, 2026, adopts new ARM 42.39.116 implementing Senate Bill 74 of 2025. A marijuana licensee entering a management, consulting, licensing, equipment lease, revenue sharing or similar third party arrangement must file a disclosure form with the full contract, the parties, the scope and term of the work, any third party authority over decisions, hiring, finances or seed to sale system access, full compensation details and an organizational chart. The third party may not begin work until the department confirms the disclosure is complete, and material changes must be disclosed before they take effect. Adopted with two narrowing changes from the August proposal: intellectual property arrangements were dropped from the list and leased equipment is limited to equipment used for marijuana activities.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

Marijuana Enforcement Division Industry Bulletin 26-09, dated September 11, 2026, sets this date for the expanded residual solvent testing requirements in Table 4-215(J)(6)(a) of Rule 4-215, delayed from July 1, 2026 while testing facilities sought certification. Required testing begins for seventeen listed solvents, including several known to convert CBD and other hemp cannabinoids into intoxicating cannabinoids; the bulletin states the list is not complete and points licensees to the rule. Enforcement of the triethylamine requirement is deferred, with at least 72 hours notice before it begins.

RegulationPrimary source

Written comment closes on two Ohio Department of Agriculture hemp packages filed under the statutory five year rule review. The Department proposes to rescind all eighteen Hemp, Licensed Cultivators rules at OAC 901:14-01, and to amend eighteen Hemp, Fee Application and Processing rules at OAC 901:14-02. Mailed comments must be received no later than the day of the hearing, which fixes the written deadline at this date. The rules are proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source

The Ohio Department of Agriculture takes testimony under Chapter 119 of the Revised Code on the same two hemp packages, from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Eastern at the Bromfield Administration Building in Reynoldsburg, or until all parties in attendance have been heard. This is a hearing, not an effective date. The rules are proposed, not final.

HearingPrimary source

The Access to Medical Cannabis Commission meets at 4 p.m. Eastern by Zoom and teleconference and may vote to adopt the Rule Chapter 351 rewrite. The package amends all eight chapters, including 351-5 Seed-to-Sale Tracking, and adds new rules on delivery, product recall and research permits. This is a scheduled adoption vote, not an effective date: the Commission may or may not act, and if it adopts the rules the effective date it sets will be carried here as its own entry.

VotePrimary source|Analysis

The primary effective date of Connecticut Public Act 26-100, which revises cannabis and hemp THC limits, packaging, labeling and testing. Some provisions take effect immediately or in 2027 and later.

StatutePrimary source|Analysis

Under Public Act 26-8, infused beverage THC caps rise to 5 mg per container for package stores and 10 mg per container for cannabis retailers, and the concentrate THC potency cap is eliminated.

StatutePrimary source|Analysis

Public comment closes on the Division of Cannabis Regulation's proposed amendment to 19 CSR 100-1.180, which would establish curbside pickup at licensed dispensaries and set the requirements governing curbside transactions. The proposed amendment published in the September 1, 2026 Missouri Register, and the Division states comments are accepted from September 1 through October 1, 2026. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source|Analysis

Department of Cannabis Control rulemaking DCC-2025-03-R updates the action levels for testing pesticide residues in cannabis products. It was approved and filed with the Secretary of State on July 27, 2026, and the final text and final statement of reasons are posted. The rulemaking ran from a notice of proposed rulemaking in May 2025 through three rounds of modified text, drawing on Department of Pesticide Regulation memoranda.

RegulationPrimary source

Health and Human Services amendments to N.D. Admin. Code chapter 33-44-01 take effect. New section 33-44-01-13.1 prohibits consumption of usable marijuana on dispensary premises, registry identification cards now expire two years after issuance instead of one, manufacturing facility labeling is updated and homogeneity testing tolerance is set at plus or minus fifteen percent. The rules were on the Legislative Council Administrative Rules Committee agenda of September 14, 2026 as the department's October 2026 rules.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

The Department of Health proposed Rule 64-4.214 on September 11, 2026 (Notice 31354297), replacing emergency Rule 64ER22-9 with a permanent rule setting the application requirements for medical marijuana treatment center licensure under section 381.986, Florida Statutes, in every licensing cycle after the April 2023 cycle the Department closed by Final Order the same day. This is a comment deadline on a proposed rule, not an effective date; the 21 day window runs September 11 through October 2, 2026, and a hearing is held only if one is requested in writing within that window.

CommentPrimary source|Analysis

On September 17, 2026 the Department of Cannabis Control issued a notice of modifications to the proposed text in DCC-2026-03-R, Group Tagging of Cannabis Plants, and opened a 15 day comment period on the changes. The modified text ties the required tag type to the track and trace pathway and has the system designee assign it, drops the requirement that plants in a group share a strain or cultivar, sets the seven calendar day tag receipt recording window to run after receipt, and requires plant and group movements and new plant tag assignments to be recorded within three calendar days. This is a comment deadline on a proposed rule, not an effective date: written comments are accepted through October 2, 2026, and no further hearing is scheduled.

CommentPrimary source|Analysis

Written comments close on the Department of Health proposal amending 38 sections across Article 44:90 of the medical cannabis rules. This is a comment deadline on proposed rules, not an effective date. The public hearing is September 23, 2026 in Pierre, and the Legislature's Interim Rules Review Committee takes the package up October 14, 2026.

CommentPrimary source

OAC 1301:18-4-06, Limitations on Packages of Cannabis Intended for Direct Customer Sale, final filed August 25, 2026, takes effect. It belongs to the same Division of Cannabis Control rules package as the six packaging and labeling rules that take effect September 11, 2026, carried above.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

Department of Health Rule 64-4.215, Renewal Application Requirements for MMTCs, was filed for adoption and takes effect October 6, 2026. It sets the renewal application requirements, the incorporated renewal instructions and forms, and the renewal fee schedule that licensed medical marijuana treatment centers must meet to renew under section 381.986, Florida Statutes, as part of the Office of Medical Marijuana Use's replacement of its emergency rules with permanent ones. The companion licensure application rule, 64-4.214, remains proposed with comments closing October 2, 2026.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

The Liquor and Cannabis Board moves the Cannabis Central Reporting System, the state traceability reporting system, from SecureAccess Washington to the WA.gov single sign-on. CCRS is unavailable from about 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Pacific time while the switch is made. SAW accounts do not carry over, so every licensee must create a WA.gov account and complete a one-time registration after the cutover to link it to their license. Licensees and integrators testing in the pre-production environment are asked to finish by October 9, 2026. The Board expects the wider SAW transition to be complete by the end of 2027.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

The Office of Cannabis Policy holds a public hearing at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time in the Maine Room, First Floor, 109 Capitol Street, Augusta, on proposed 18-691 C.M.R. Chapter 100, the Medical Cannabis Research Grant Program rule. It is a major substantive rule, so it needs legislative review before it can be finally adopted. This is a public testimony opportunity on a proposed rule, not an effective date. Written comments close October 23, 2026.

HearingPrimary source

Chief Administrative Law Judge Derek Julius stayed the DEA marijuana rescheduling proceeding on September 29, 2026 while he decides a motion by three hearing participants to add the Government Accountability Office's September 23 report on DEA drug scheduling procedures to the record and allow supplemental briefing. His order gives the Government until October 13, 2026 to file a response of up to twenty pages, and other interested parties may respond by the same date. The stay has no end date and pushes back the judge's recommended decision. This is a procedural deadline, not an effective date; the April 28, 2026 rule placing FDA approved products in Schedule III is unaffected.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

Written comments close at 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on LCB File No. R103-26, the Cannabis Compliance Board's proposed permanent regulation revising licensing and operating provisions: hold orders on non compliant product, disciplinary hearing procedures, agent training and inventory management, packaging and labeling clarifications, removal of the requirement that a curbside order be placed before the customer arrives, mandatory attestations for externally sourced flavorings and terpenes, and liquid asset requirements of $200,000 for retail stores and consumption lounges and $250,000 for other establishments. A public hearing on this file and on R104-26 is set for October 15, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source|Analysis

Written comments close at 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on LCB File No. R104-26, the Cannabis Compliance Board's proposed permanent regulation implementing Senate Bill 157 of 2025. It aligns sampling and testing with ASTM D8334, raises the minimum sample of usable cannabis from at least 10 grams to 60 grams split into testing, retest and retention portions, and updates chain of custody and documentation procedures for cultivators and independent testing laboratories. A public hearing on this file and on R103-26 is set for October 15, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source|Analysis

Written comments close at 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on LCB File No. R152-24. After the Legislative Commission objected on September 24, 2026 to the adopted version of this regulation, R152-24A, the Cannabis Compliance Board will consider removing the amendment in Section 69(3) that would have raised the minimum sample of usable cannabis from 10 grams to 20 grams, keeping the existing 10 gram requirement. A public hearing on this file, together with R103-26 and R104-26, is set for October 15, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source|Analysis

Public comment closes on the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food's amendment to R66-2, Cannabis Processing, published in the September 15, 2026 Utah State Bulletin. It would require a cannabis processor to disclose the method of remediation on the cannabis fact panel of a cannabis plant or cannabis derivative product, if applicable. The agency anticipates an October 22, 2026 effective date. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source

Public comment closes on the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food's change in proposed rule to R66-3, Quality Assurance Testing on Cannabis, published in the September 15, 2026 Utah State Bulletin and driven by SB 121 of the 2026 General Session. It would allow remediation of cannabis products by methods other than irradiation under a department approved remediation plan and require remediated products to undergo mycotoxin testing. It revises the amendment first published July 1, 2026, and the two must be read together. The agency anticipates an October 22, 2026 effective date. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source

The Cannabis Compliance Board holds a public hearing at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time to take comment on three proposed permanent regulations: R103-26, revising licensing and operating provisions including curbside ordering, signage warnings, flavoring attestations and liquid asset requirements; R104-26, raising the minimum testing sample from 10 grams to 60 grams under Senate Bill 157; and R152-24, which would remove the earlier amendment raising the minimum usable cannabis sample from 10 grams to 20 grams after the Legislative Commission objected to it on September 24, 2026. The hearing is held at the Board's Las Vegas office, 700 East Warm Springs Road, Room 150, and at the Department of Taxation in Reno, with a live stream from the Board's public meetings page. This is a public testimony opportunity on proposed rules, not an effective date. Written comments on all three files close October 14, 2026.

HearingPrimary source|Analysis

The Medical Cannabis Commission holds a public hearing from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Central time, or until there are no additional speakers, at 301 Centennial Mall South, 1st Floor Hearing Room, Lincoln, on proposed amendments to its regulations at 238 NAC 1. The amendments primarily establish application, registration, renewal and other fees. Oral comments are generally limited to three minutes. This is a public testimony opportunity on proposed rules, not an effective date. Written comments are accepted until 11:59 p.m. Central time the same day.

HearingPrimary source|Analysis

Written comments on the Medical Cannabis Commission's proposed amendments to 238 NAC 1, which primarily establish application, registration, renewal and other fees, are due no later than 11:59 p.m. Central time, by mail to PO Box 95046, Lincoln, NE 68509-5046 or by email to mcc.contact@nebraska.gov. The public hearing runs 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. the same day. The rules are proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source|Analysis

The Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, takes testimony by Microsoft Teams at 1:00 p.m. Pacific time on its proposed amendments to the marijuana and hemp testing rules, filed with the Secretary of State on September 30, 2026. The proposal would let licensees and registrants supply a target potency and re-test cannabinoid products that miss it by more than 10 percent, require serving size weights when ordering potency tests, add significant figures to action levels so a result at or above the limit fails, set a CBD consistency failure criterion for low CBD concentrates and inhalable products including hemp derived vapor items, and specify how abamectin and spinosad residues are measured. The hearing closes no later than 2:00 p.m. To testify, register with publichealth.rules@odhsoha.oregon.gov; audio only by phone at 971-277-2343, conference ID 780 089 180. This is a public testimony opportunity on a proposed rule, not an effective date. Written comments close October 21, 2026.

HearingPrimary source|Analysis

House Bill 373, signed July 23, 2026 and enacted as Volume 85, Chapter 394, takes effect 90 days after enactment. It creates a regulated framework for THC infused beverages covering authorized manufacturers, delivery to licensed importers with notice and testing before transport, off premises sale by authorized package stores, and sales by licensed retail marijuana stores. It also classifies CBD, CBG, CBN and CBC as nonintoxicating cannabinoids.

Section 4 of the act is a contingent sunset: every infused beverage license and authorization terminates automatically, without further General Assembly action, upon the effective date of the Section 781 amendments to the federal hemp definition or of any federal act that would make an authorized beverage a federal controlled substance. The September 2, 2026 signing of the federal delay armed this provision, and the framework's operating window after October 21 turns on whether the sunset reads to November 12 or to December 11, when the federal restrictions reach the beverages themselves.

StatutePrimary source

The Liquor and Cannabis Commission holds a remote rulemaking hearing from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Pacific time on its proposed amendment to OAR 845-026-6100, the Hemp Item Registration Process, filed September 29, 2026. The amendment would let the Commission accept multiple resubmission attempts from a hemp item registration applicant without additional application fees, in place of the current mandatory denial when a first resubmission does not cure every deficiency. The hearing is held by Microsoft Teams or by phone at 503-446-4951, conference ID 567132324; email OLCC.Rulemaking@olcc.oregon.gov to give testimony. This is a public testimony opportunity on a proposed rule, not an effective date. Written comments close October 30, 2026.

HearingPrimary source|Analysis

Written comments are due by 5:00 p.m. Pacific time to publichealth.rules@odhsoha.oregon.gov on the Oregon Health Authority's proposed amendments to the marijuana and hemp testing rules in OAR chapter 333, divisions 7 and 64, filed with the Secretary of State on September 30, 2026. The changes cover target potency re-testing of cannabinoid products, serving size data for potency tests, significant figure rounding of action levels, a 50 percent consistency threshold for total CBD in concentrates, extracts and inhalable products including hemp derived vapor items that contain 10 to 50 mg of CBD, and the measurement of abamectin and spinosad. The agency describes the amendments as technical and clarifying. The rule is proposed, not final. A remote public hearing is held October 19, 2026.

CommentPrimary source|Analysis

Written comments on the Office of Cannabis Policy's proposed 18-691 C.M.R. Chapter 100, the Medical Cannabis Research Grant Program rule, are due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time to Gabi Pierce at Gabi.Pierce@maine.gov with the subject line Rulemaking Public Comment, or by mail to 162 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0162. The rule is a proposed major substantive rule, not a final one; a public hearing was held October 13, 2026.

CommentPrimary source|Analysis

The Access to Medical Cannabis Commission announced in its September 30, 2026 meeting summary that the next regular open application period for dispensing licenses runs October 26 through October 30, 2026. Under Rule 351-3-.02(2) dispensing license applications may only be submitted during an open application period announced by the Commission. The Commission also reported that the patient registry passed 55,000 on September 23, 2026, which authorizes a ninth dispensing license for each production licensee. The window closes October 30, 2026, carried as its own entry.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

The Medical Cannabis Licensing and Unlicensed Establishment Enforcement Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2026 (B26-0759, Act A26-0391), signed July 30, 2026, expires on this date under the 90 day limit on Council emergency legislation. While it is in force, a conditional medical cannabis licensee may satisfy the real estate conversion requirement with a zoning certificate instead of a certificate of occupancy, conditional licenses run three years instead of two, and ABCA may summarily close unlicensed establishments selling Schedule I substances. Unless the companion temporary act, B26-0760, is in effect by this date, those provisions lapse and the certificate of occupancy requirement returns. The three year expiration of a conditional license itself is unchanged.

StatutePrimary source|Analysis

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission staff take oral comment at 10:00 a.m. Central time on proposed amendments to 16 TAC 35.3, risk based inspection of licensed and permitted premises, and 16 TAC 35.7, consumption of consumable hemp products, published in the October 9, 2026 Texas Register (TRD-202604134). The 35.7 change keeps the bar on allowing consumable hemp products to be consumed at package stores, wine only package stores and other off premise alcohol retailers, and adds definitions of reasonable care and reasonable steps, the negligence standard a prudent and competent licensee would meet. The notice lists no location; TABC directs attendees to tabc.texas.gov or (512) 206-3367. This is a public testimony opportunity on a proposed rule, not an effective date. Written comments close at 5:00 p.m. Central time on November 9, 2026.

HearingPrimary source

Written comments are due to OLCC.Rulemaking@olcc.oregon.gov by 12:00 p.m. Pacific time on the Liquor and Cannabis Commission's proposed amendment to OAR 845-026-6100, the Hemp Item Registration Process, filed September 29, 2026. The amendment lets the Commission accept multiple resubmission attempts from a hemp item registration applicant that has not cured every deficiency on its first resubmission, without collecting additional application fees; under the current rule the Commission must deny the application. This is the registry every hemp item containing cannabinoids, including hemp beverages, must clear before sale in Oregon. The rule is proposed, not final. A remote public hearing is held October 21, 2026.

CommentPrimary source|Analysis

Last day of the Access to Medical Cannabis Commission's regular open application period for dispensing licenses, announced in the Commission's September 30, 2026 meeting summary as October 26 through October 30, 2026. No closing time was stated. The opening day is carried as its own entry.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

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 p.m. Eastern time. 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.

LicensingPrimary source

Department of Agriculture compliance deadline for label changes under amendments to 8 Ill. Adm. Code 1300. Labels must state total THC calculated as THC plus THCa multiplied by 0.877, list all cannabinoids above 0.3 percent by weight or above 0.4 mg per the certificate of analysis, and disclose that a product contains hemp. This is the licensee implementation deadline, not the rule effective date.

RegulationPrimary source

HB 4454 takes effect. Medical marijuana edible and drinkable products may not be attractive to children, must label THC content per serving and per package, and are capped at 10 mg THC per serving and 100 mg per package, with beverages up to 20 mg per serving. Enforcement applies to products packaged on or after this date.

StatutePrimary source|Analysis

SB 1257, approved May 20, 2026, takes effect. It adds tetrahydrocannabinols to Schedule I of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, strikes them from Schedule III where only dronabinol remains, and redefines tetrahydrocannabinols to include all substances chemically synthesized to emulate the THC in marijuana, specifically including any tetrahydrocannabinols derived from industrial hemp. The marijuana definition keeps its exclusion for industrial hemp at or under 0.3 percent combined delta-9 THC and THCA on a dry weight basis, tested post-decarboxylation, grown under the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program. The Attorney General described the bill as closing a loophole under which THC products processed from marijuana were charged as misdemeanors, and said it does not affect licensed medical marijuana patients or businesses.

StatutePrimary source|Analysis

Under SB 543 it becomes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act to sell for human consumption or inhalation any product above 0.3 percent total THC or above 2 mg total THC per package. Companion law enforcement training standards take effect January 1, 2027.

StatutePrimary source

The State Licensing Authority adopted the Marijuana Enforcement Division's 2026 annual revisions to the Colorado Marijuana Rules on September 10, 2026, and the Division's rules page states they become effective November 1, 2026. The package covers application requirements, transfer restrictions, testing and sampling, testing facility certification, licensing privileges and fee adjustments, following the August 26, 2026 permanent rulemaking hearing on tracking number 2026-00310.

RegulationPrimary source|Analysis

The Department of Revenue's new statewide Inventory Tracking System contract with Metrc LLC begins its fee term. Under Industry Bulletin 26-08, the plant UID tracking fee falls from $0.45 to $0.40 and holds through June 30, 2028, the package UID fee stays at $0.25, and a $50 monthly licensee support fee applies from November 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 before moving to $600 a year. Plant and package UIDs without RFID, reusable plant UIDs, self printed package UIDs and QR code consumer insights are to be phased in over the following year.

RegulationPrimary source

Amended N.D. Admin. Code 33-44-01-07.3 raises compassion center certification fees: manufacturing facility $110,000 from $75,000, dispensary $90,000 from $60,000, production only facility $70,000 from $40,000 and product processor only facility $50,000 from $20,000. The rest of the same rule package takes effect October 1, 2026.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

Public comment closes on the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food's proposed amendment to R66-34, Industrial Hemp Retailer Permit (Filing 58230), published in the October 1, 2026 Utah State Bulletin. The amendment moves the renewal date for an industrial hemp retailer permit from December 31 to April 30 so that it lines up with the specialized product retailer permit. The Bulletin says the change may become effective on November 9, 2026, but no effective date has been published. No public hearing is scheduled. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source

Massachusetts voters decide Question 8, which would prohibit the retail sale of adult recreational use marijuana. The Secretary of the Commonwealth assigned ballot numbers on July 21, 2026 and certified nine statewide questions for the November 3, 2026 ballot.

MarketPrimary source

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 5 opening. There is no calendar close date, so none is carried here.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

Written comments are due to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission by 5:00 p.m. 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.

CommentPrimary source

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.

StatutePrimary source|Analysis

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.

StatutePrimary source|Analysis

Under HB 2641, the Intoxicating Cannabinoid Control Act, hemp products with more than 0.4 mg total THC per container are reclassified as marijuana and may be sold only through state licensed dispensaries. Section 195.900.11(1)(a) makes this date firm for synthetic and outside the plant manufactured cannabinoids, smokable or vapeable raw plant material containing THCA, and solid edibles with added hemp delta-9. For all other products, including beverages, section 195.900.11(2) applies the restriction only during any period the federal Section 781 restrictions prohibit the product, because Congress delayed those restrictions before November 12. With that delay signed September 2, 2026, naturally derived hemp beverages face the dispensary rule from December 11, 2026, not this date, and sales to anyone under 21 are prohibited throughout.

StatutePrimary source|Analysis

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.

StatutePrimary source|Analysis

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.

StatutePrimary source|Analysis

The Cannabis Control Commission's Adult Use Retail Licensing Portal closes. The window runs August 7 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

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 1 to November 30, 2026.

Program status carries waived application fees, waived monthly Metrc 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.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

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.

StatutePrimary source|Analysis

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 2 through December 2, 2026. The Register text had not posted as of this entry. The rules are proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source|Analysis

The Access to Medical Cannabis Commission's September 30, 2026 meeting summary lists the 2026 dispensing license renewal period as December 7 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 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.

CommentPrimary source

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. 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).

StatutePrimary source|Analysis

The Cannabis Control Commission's Cannabis Office Bulletin 2026-7, issued September 11, 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 11. Products over the limit must be removed from licensed facilities before then; anything on hand or offered 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 7 through December 11, 2026. The opening day is carried as its own entry.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

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 p.m. Central time, and that applications already submitted remain active. This supersedes the September 14, 2026 close the Commission had announced after its August 17 vote. The Commission may license no more than four manufacturers. It also says the proposed fee and application regulations, which go 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

Cannabis Control Board Resolution 2025-65 extended all provisional CAURD and adult use licenses through this date. Provisional licensees who do not submit a complete post selection application by then lose the license and cannot proceed to final licensure. Applications submitted on time continue to be processed past the deadline.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis