20250AB__269797AMD INTRODUCED 2026-02-20 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-03-16 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-04-13 AB AMD Introduced by Assembly Member Pellerin LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Pellerin

An act to add

Section to the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis. cannabis Cannabis: drive-throughs. Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), an initiative measure, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA and any applicable local ordinances to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license, if conducted as prescribed.

Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act, among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities, and requires the Department of Cannabis Control to administer its provisions. Existing regulation prohibits the sale or delivery of cannabis or cannabis products through a pass-out window or a slide-out tray to the exterior of the licensed premises, except as specified.

This bill would authorize a local jurisdiction to allow a licensed cannabis retailer or microbusiness that conducts storefront retail sales from a premises to sell cannabis or cannabis products to a customer in a motor vehicle in a drive-through, if the sales are made through a fixed-pane security window with a security drawer that is part of a building located within the premises, except as specified. The bill would exclude a licensee that conducts retail sales exclusively through delivery or that does not maintain a premises open to the public for retail sales.

MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section is added to the Business and Professions Code , to read: 26204. (

a) A local jurisdiction may authorize a retailer or microbusiness licensed under this division that conducts storefront retail sales from a premises to sell cannabis or cannabis products to a customer in a motor vehicle in a drive-through located on the premises. (b)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>A retailer who conducts sales or deliveries through a drive-through, pass-out window, or slide-out tray to the exterior of the licensed premises shall do so in compliance with this division.</xhtml:p>"?> (b)

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), drive-through sales authorized pursuant to subdivision (

a) shall occur through a fixed-pane security window with a security drawer or similar secure transfer mechanism that is part of a building located within the premises.

(2) A retailer or microbusiness licensed under this division that conducted retail sales through a drive-through in compliance with state and local law before January 1, 2027, is not subject to the requirements of paragraph (1). (

c) This

section shall not apply to a licensee that conducts retail sales exclusively through delivery or that does not maintain a premises open to the public for retail sales. (

d) Sales conducted pursuant to this

section shall comply with this division and any regulations adopted by the department. (

e) This

section does not limit the authority of a local jurisdiction under

Section to regulate drive-through sales authorized pursuant to this section.