AB 2697
Cannabis: drive-throughs.
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No
Appropriation
No
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Bill overview
This bill would allow local jurisdictions to permit licensed cannabis retailers and microbusinesses to sell or deliver cannabis products to customers in motor vehicles through a drive-through window, pass-out window, or slide-out tray. Sales would need to occur through a secure window with a security drawer, and the bill excludes retailers that only offer delivery or don’t have a public retail space. Existing law prohibits such sales, but this bill modifies that restriction.
Key provisions
- Local jurisdictions can authorize drive-through cannabis sales.
- Sales must occur through a fixed-pane security window with a security drawer.
- Retailers that already conduct drive-through sales before January 1, 2027, are exempt from certain requirements.
- The bill excludes retailers that only deliver cannabis or don’t have a public retail location.
- Sales must comply with existing cannabis regulations and department rules.
- Local jurisdictions retain the authority to regulate drive-through sales.
Who is affected
- Licensed cannabis retailers
- Microbusinesses
- Local jurisdictions
- Cannabis consumers
- Department of Cannabis Control
Notable changes
- Modifies existing law prohibiting sales through exterior windows.
- Allows for drive-through cannabis sales, a previously restricted practice.
- Establishes security requirements for drive-through windows.
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| Amended IN Assembly April 13, 2026 |
| Amended IN Assembly March 16, 2026 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2697
| Introduced by Assembly Member Pellerin |
| February 20, 2026 |
An act to add Section 26204 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 26204 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
26204.
(a) A local jurisdiction may authorize a licensed retailer to conduct sales or deliveries at a drive-through, pass-out window, or slide-out tray to the exterior of the licensed premises, if the sales and deliveries are made through a fixed-pane security window with a security drawer. 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)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.
(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 26200 to regulate drive-through sales authorized pursuant to this section.