California Industrial Hemp Program
Proposed Industrial Hemp Regulations
This is an Emergency action that will be to create timeframes, definitions, and procedures for industrial hemp registration and program eligibility determination.
Date submitted to OAL: 3/10/2020
Office of Administrative Law’s Decision: Approved
Date filed with Secretary of State: 3/17/20
Effective Date: 3/17/20
The adoption of this proposed regulation will establish timeframes, procedures, methods, and confirmation for industrial hemp sampling, laboratory testing, and destruction for industrial hemp cultivation as required in statute.
Date submitted to OAL: 4/28/2020
Office of Administrative Law’s Decision:
Date filed with Secretary of State:
Effective Date:
- Proposed Text of the Regulation
- Notice of Proposal
- Initial Statement of Reasons
- Finding of Emergency – Reference changed, Minutes 5/5/2018 corrected to 5/30/2018, Minutes October 30, 2017 corrected to October 30, 2018
- Current Text of the Regulation
The adoption of this proposed emergency regulation will establish timeframes, procedures, methods, and confirmation for industrial hemp sampling, laboratory testing, and destruction for industrial hemp cultivation as required in statute.
Date submitted to OAL: 5/31/2019
Office of Administrative Law’s Decision: Approved
Date filed with Secretary of State: 6/10/2019
Effective Date: 6/10/2019
- Finding of Emergency – Reference changed, Minutes 5/5/2018 corrected to 5/30/2018, Minutes October 30, 2017 corrected to October 30, 2018
- Text of the Regulation
- Revised Text of the Regulation -10/18/2019
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Initial Statement of Reasons
- Readopt Text of the Regulation
- Readopt Finding of Emergency
- 2nd Readopt Text of the Regulation
- 2nd Readopt Finding of Emergency
The adoption of this proposed regulation will establish registration and renewal fees to be charged by the county agricultural commissioner for industrial hemp cultivation as required in statute.
Date submitted to OAL: 11/09/2018
Office of Administrative Law’s Decision: Approved
Date filed with Secretary of State: 4/25/2019
Effective Date: 4/25/2019
The adoption of this proposed regulation will adopt a list of approved industrial hemp seed cultivars.
Date submitted to OAL: 1/16/19
Office of Administrative Law’s Decision:
Date filed with Secretary of State: 2/28/19
Effective Date: 2/28/19
The adoption of this proposed regulation will establish methodology and procedure to add, amend, or remove an industrial hemp seed cultivar from the list of approved seed cultivars, pursuant to Division 24 of the California Food and Agricultural Code (FAC).
Date submitted to OAL: 11/30/18
Office of Administrative Law’s Decision:
Date filed with Secretary of State: 12/18/18
Effective Date: 12/18/18
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