by Omar Figueroa & Lauren Mendelsohn

March 10, 2025

We previously wrote about Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health’s announcement of emergency regulations banning hemp products with any detectable amount of total THC and the subsequent approval of those regulations.

We also wrote about a hemp industry group’s unsuccessful application to a Los Angeles judge for a temporary restraining order to stop implementation of the emergency regulations.  Thus, the emergency hemp regulations are currently in effect.

The emergency hemp regulations are valid for 180 days, and are due to expire at the end of March unless readopted.

The California Department of Public Health has now announced its intent to readopt the emergency hemp regulations.  You can read the announcement below and download it here.