Written public comment closes on the Alabama State Committee of Public Health's reconsideration of whether to adopt the federal marijuana rescheduling at the state level or keep its May 21, 2026 objection. This is a comment deadline on a proposed state scheduling decision, not an effective date.

CommentPrimary source|Analysis

The Cannabis Control Commission opens the revised Adult Use Cannabis Retail Licensing process. The Social Equity Applicant Status Certification Interest Form becomes available, and those who submit it receive a link to the certification portal. The Adult Use Retail Licensing Portal opens to all applicants and stays open through November 23, 2026. The retail cap remains 24.

LicensingPrimary source

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 Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission closes its application window for medical cannabis product manufacturing licenses. The Commission's own How to Apply page now states this date, resolving a contradiction carried here through early August, when the same page said no application periods were open and the manufacturer period was pending legislative action. Dispensary licensing remains unscheduled.

LicensingPrimary source|Analysis

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.

RegulationPrimary source

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

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, which would require marijuana licensees to disclose third party contractual relationships before any work begins, including any arrangement giving a third party access to the seed to sale tracking system. 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 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

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 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. A scheduled adoption vote is not an effective date, so it is not carried as a row; any effective date the Commission sets on adoption will be.

HearingPrimary source|Analysis

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 Division states comments are accepted from September 1 through October 1, 2026. The rule is proposed, not final.

CommentPrimary source

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

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.

StatutePrimary 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

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

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

The federal hemp redefinition in Section 781 of P.L. 119-37 takes effect one year after enactment. Industry estimates put the share of current hemp derived cannabinoid products that become federally unlawful at roughly 95 percent. This remains the operative date in enacted law. The Senate passed a continuing resolution on August 8, 2026 by 90 votes to 6 that carries a Section 781 carve back: its Section 2019 would, until December 11, 2026, apply Section 781 only to products containing cannabinoids the plant cannot naturally produce. An amendment to strip that provision was tabled 61 to 32. The bill still needs a House vote and the House does not return until the first week of September, so it is not law and this date has not moved.

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, pulling them from convenience stores, bars and restaurants.

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

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

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