On Record with the California Cannabis Operators Association

Legislative Update from the California Cannabis Operators Association

Episode Summary

California's 2026 legislative session just passed its House of Origin deadline, and the bills still standing will shape the next decade of cannabis policy. Amy O'Gorman Jenkins, Executive Director of the California Cannabis Operators Association (CaCOA), walks through what advanced means are and what they mean for licensed operators. She covers CaCOA's risk-based enforcement bill AB 2537 (Chen) and its unanimous Assembly vote, the packaging and youth-marketing fight over AB 2249 (Irwin), new dosing rules for cannabis beverages under AB 2532 (Irwin), the tribal commerce questions in AB 2506, and how federal rescheduling is forcing California to rethink a regulatory system built for a different era. Ten years after Prop 64, the conversation has moved past legalization. The real question is whether the legal market can compete when roughly 60% of California cannabis sales still happen outside it. Learn more or join at cacoa.org.