Cannabis: drive-throughs.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Pellerin
Last action: 2026-04-21
Official status: From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 2.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on how local governments should implement these rules.

Cannabis Drive-Thrus

This law allows local governments to permit licensed cannabis retailers to sell products through drive-through windows, pass-out windows, or slide-out trays, provided the sales occur through a fixed security window with an internal drawer.

What This Bill Does

Allows local jurisdictions to permit licensed cannabis retailers to conduct sales at drive-throughs, pass-out windows, or slide-out trays if done through a secure window with an internal drawer.
Requires that any sale must go through a fixed security window and drawer within the store's building.
Excludes stores that only do deliveries or don't have a public storefront from using these methods.

Who It Names or Affects

Licensed cannabis retailers
Local governments making regulations for cannabis sales

Terms To Know

Microbusiness: A small cannabis business that sells only to other licensed businesses or through delivery.
Drive-through: A service where customers can buy products without leaving their car.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify how local governments should implement these rules.
The bill does not include an effective date, so it's unclear when the law will take effect.

Bill History

2026-04-21 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 2.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-14 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
2026-04-13 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
2026-04-01 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-03-27 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-03-17 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
2026-03-16 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-16 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on B. & P.
2026-02-21 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2697, as amended, Pellerin.
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.
premises, except as specified.
This bill would authorize a local jurisdiction to allow a licensed cannabis retailer
to conduct sales or deliveries at a drive-through, pass-out window, or slide-out tray,
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
and deliveries
are made through a fixed-pane security window with a security
drawer.
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.

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