AB-1027
Agriculture & Food

Cannabis: testing: quality assurance.

Engrossed
CA
2025-2026 Regular Session
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Key Takeaways

  • Mandates comprehensive testing and quality reviews of all cannabis products before retail sale.
  • Requires retailers to provide lab test results to customers upon request and allow state testing of products.
  • Establishes performance testing requirements for labs to ensure consistent results across facilities.
  • Requires businesses to separate embargoed cannabis products within one day and face fines up to $10,000 for violations.

Summary

Assembly Member Sharp-Collins proposes comprehensive changes to California's cannabis testing and quality assurance framework, revising how cannabis products are evaluated, monitored, and cleared for retail sale. The legislation transfers quality assurance responsibilities from compliance monitors to the Department of Cannabis Control while implementing more rigorous testing protocols.

The bill requires all cannabis products to undergo laboratory testing before distribution, with testing laboratories now subject to performance evaluations to ensure consistent results across facilities. Retailers and licensees must provide customers with certificates of analysis upon request and allow the department to conduct off-the-shelf testing of products offered for sale.

Under the revised framework, the department assumes direct responsibility for quality assurance reviews at distributor, microbusiness, and retailer locations to verify compliance with labeling, packaging, and testing requirements. The legislation also modifies embargo procedures, eliminating physical tagging requirements while mandating that licensees separate non-compliant products within one business day of notification.

The measure establishes new protocols for sample collection and testing, requiring laboratory employees to obtain and transport samples while maintaining chain of custody. Testing laboratories may retest samples when equipment malfunctions or staff errors occur, subject to department notification and approval. Licensed cultivators retain the option to request continued cultivation of embargoed cannabis, pending departmental authorization.

Key Dates

Next Step
Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations
Next Step
Senate Committee
Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations
Hearing scheduled for , 1021 O Street, Room 2200
Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Hearing
Senate Committee
Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Hearing
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Vote on Assembly Floor
Assembly Floor
Vote on Assembly Floor
AB 1027 Sharp-Collins Assembly Third Reading
Assembly Appropriations Hearing
Assembly Committee
Assembly Appropriations Hearing
Do pass
Assembly Business And Professions Hearing
Assembly Committee
Assembly Business And Professions Hearing
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Introduced
Assembly Floor
Introduced
Read first time. To print.

Contacts

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Anna CaballeroD
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Tim GraysonD
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Megan DahleR
Senator
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Kelly SeyartoR
Senator
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Aisha WahabD
Senator
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Anna CaballeroD
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Tim GraysonD
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Committee Member
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Megan DahleR
Senator
Committee Member
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Kelly SeyartoR
Senator
Committee Member
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Aisha WahabD
Senator
Committee Member
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Heather HadwickR
Assemblymember
Bill Author
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LaShae Sharp-CollinsD
Assemblymember
Bill Author
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Christopher CabaldonD
Senator
Committee Member
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Laura RichardsonD
Senator
Committee Member

Similar Past Legislation

Bill NumberTitleIntroduced DateStatusLink to Bill
AB-564
Cannabis: excise tax: rate increase repeal.
February 2025
Engrossed
AB-3248
Cannabis excise tax: rate reduction.
February 2024
Failed
AB-2888
Cannabis: invoices: payment.
February 2024
Failed
AB-2540
Cannabis: license transfers.
February 2024
Failed
SB-1059
Cannabis: local taxation: gross receipts.
February 2024
Passed
SB-1064
Cannabis: operator and separate premises license types: excessive concentration of licenses.
February 2024
Passed
AB-1775
Cannabis: retail preparation, sale, and consumption of noncannabis food and beverage products.
January 2024
Passed
AB-1448
Cannabis: enforcement by local jurisdictions.
February 2023
Passed
AB-1610
Cannabis: Department of Cannabis Control.
February 2023
Failed
AB-1616
California Cannabis Tax Fund: Board of State and Community Corrections grants.
February 2023
Failed
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Introduced By

LaShae Sharp-Collins
LaShae Sharp-CollinsD
California State Assembly Member
Co-Author
Heather Hadwick
Heather HadwickR
California State Assembly Member
40% progression
Bill has passed all readings in its first house and is ready to move to the other house (6/2/2025)

Latest Voting History

July 14, 2025
PASS
Senate Committee
Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Hearing
AyesNoesNVRTotalResult
110011PASS

Key Takeaways

  • Mandates comprehensive testing and quality reviews of all cannabis products before retail sale.
  • Requires retailers to provide lab test results to customers upon request and allow state testing of products.
  • Establishes performance testing requirements for labs to ensure consistent results across facilities.
  • Requires businesses to separate embargoed cannabis products within one day and face fines up to $10,000 for violations.

Get Involved

Act Now!

Email the authors or create an email template to send to all relevant legislators.

Introduced By

LaShae Sharp-Collins
LaShae Sharp-CollinsD
California State Assembly Member
Co-Author
Heather Hadwick
Heather HadwickR
California State Assembly Member

Summary

Assembly Member Sharp-Collins proposes comprehensive changes to California's cannabis testing and quality assurance framework, revising how cannabis products are evaluated, monitored, and cleared for retail sale. The legislation transfers quality assurance responsibilities from compliance monitors to the Department of Cannabis Control while implementing more rigorous testing protocols.

The bill requires all cannabis products to undergo laboratory testing before distribution, with testing laboratories now subject to performance evaluations to ensure consistent results across facilities. Retailers and licensees must provide customers with certificates of analysis upon request and allow the department to conduct off-the-shelf testing of products offered for sale.

Under the revised framework, the department assumes direct responsibility for quality assurance reviews at distributor, microbusiness, and retailer locations to verify compliance with labeling, packaging, and testing requirements. The legislation also modifies embargo procedures, eliminating physical tagging requirements while mandating that licensees separate non-compliant products within one business day of notification.

The measure establishes new protocols for sample collection and testing, requiring laboratory employees to obtain and transport samples while maintaining chain of custody. Testing laboratories may retest samples when equipment malfunctions or staff errors occur, subject to department notification and approval. Licensed cultivators retain the option to request continued cultivation of embargoed cannabis, pending departmental authorization.

40% progression
Bill has passed all readings in its first house and is ready to move to the other house (6/2/2025)

Key Dates

Next Step
Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations
Next Step
Senate Committee
Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations
Hearing scheduled for , 1021 O Street, Room 2200
Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Hearing
Senate Committee
Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Hearing
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Vote on Assembly Floor
Assembly Floor
Vote on Assembly Floor
AB 1027 Sharp-Collins Assembly Third Reading
Assembly Appropriations Hearing
Assembly Committee
Assembly Appropriations Hearing
Do pass
Assembly Business And Professions Hearing
Assembly Committee
Assembly Business And Professions Hearing
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Introduced
Assembly Floor
Introduced
Read first time. To print.

Latest Voting History

July 14, 2025
PASS
Senate Committee
Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Hearing
AyesNoesNVRTotalResult
110011PASS

Contacts

Profile
Anna CaballeroD
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
Profile
Tim GraysonD
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
Profile
Megan DahleR
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
Profile
Kelly SeyartoR
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
Profile
Aisha WahabD
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
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Profile
Anna CaballeroD
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Tim GraysonD
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Megan DahleR
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Kelly SeyartoR
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Aisha WahabD
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Heather HadwickR
Assemblymember
Bill Author
Profile
LaShae Sharp-CollinsD
Assemblymember
Bill Author
Profile
Christopher CabaldonD
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Laura RichardsonD
Senator
Committee Member

Similar Past Legislation

Bill NumberTitleIntroduced DateStatusLink to Bill
AB-564
Cannabis: excise tax: rate increase repeal.
February 2025
Engrossed
AB-3248
Cannabis excise tax: rate reduction.
February 2024
Failed
AB-2888
Cannabis: invoices: payment.
February 2024
Failed
AB-2540
Cannabis: license transfers.
February 2024
Failed
SB-1059
Cannabis: local taxation: gross receipts.
February 2024
Passed
SB-1064
Cannabis: operator and separate premises license types: excessive concentration of licenses.
February 2024
Passed
AB-1775
Cannabis: retail preparation, sale, and consumption of noncannabis food and beverage products.
January 2024
Passed
AB-1448
Cannabis: enforcement by local jurisdictions.
February 2023
Passed
AB-1610
Cannabis: Department of Cannabis Control.
February 2023
Failed
AB-1616
California Cannabis Tax Fund: Board of State and Community Corrections grants.
February 2023
Failed
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