California Business and Professions Code
§ 26100
BPC § 26100 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 10 · Ch. 10
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)Except as otherwise provided by law, cannabis, industrial hemp, or cannabis products shall not be sold pursuant to a license provided for under this division unless a representative sample of the cannabis, industrial hemp, or cannabis products has been tested by a licensed testing laboratory.
(b)Upon entry into the licensed market, industrial hemp shall be held in quarantine by the distributor and tested by a licensed testing laboratory to confirm it meets the definition of industrial hemp contained in Section 26001 before transfer to another licensee or incorporation into a cannabis product. Quarantined plant material that is determined not to be industrial hemp shall be destroyed.
(c)The department shall develop criteria to determine which batches shall be tested. All testing of the samples shall be performed on the final form in which the cannabis or cannabis product will be consumed or used, unless otherwise specified in this division.
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Legislative history
Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 248, Sec. 19. (AB 8) Effective January 1, 2026. Note: This section was added (as Section 26101) on Nov. 8, 2016, by initiative Prop. 64.