Listed below are the underground regulation petitions that are currently under review by OAL. This list also contains timeframes and deadlines associated with each underground regulations petition. Information on this list is updated approximately every two weeks so some recently submitted matters may not yet be shown.
Please Note: If a petition is incomplete, a petitioner has 60 days to complete the petition. In addition, there are applicable dates concerning publishing the petition in the Notice Register, the public comment period, timeframe for agency response and completion deadline for OAL’s determination for petitions that are accepted.
| OAL File Number | Subject | Agency | Petitioner | Outcome/ Disposition | Initial Review Date | Notice Register Publication | Public Comments Due | Agency's Response Due | Determination Due |
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| CTU2025-0707-01 | Allen v. DSH; Administrative Directive Number 830 - Security | Department of State Hospitals | David Allen | Accept | 9/5/2025 | 09/19/2025 | 10/20/2025 | 11/03/2025 | 01/19/2026 | ||||||
| CTU2025-0912-01 | Stubbs v. DOJ; DOJ CFARS COE Cheat Sheets | Department of Justice | Micah Stubbs | Accept | 11/12/2025 | 11/28/2025 | 12/29/2025 | 01/12/2026 | 03/30/2026 | ||||||
| CTU2025-1006-01 | Hoch v. DSH; Administrative Directive Number 620-Off-Unit Patient/Supervision & Expected Behavior | Department of State Hospitals | Cory Hoch | Under Review | 12/5/2025 | ||||||||||
| CTU2025-1006-02 | Allen v. DSH; Administrative Directive Number 604 - Patients' Rights Advocacy Program | Department of State Hospitals | David Allen | Under Review | 12/5/2025 | ||||||||||
| CTU2025-1013-01 | Memorandum dated June 17, 2024, Tobacco Products Tax Reimbursement; Assignment Number 24-113 | California Department of Tax and Fee Administration | Dean Andal | Under Review | 12/12/2025 | ||||||||||
| CTU2025-1027-01 | Hoch v. DSH; Administrative Directive Number 524 - Intra-Hospital Patient Transfers | Department of State Hospitals | Cory Hoch | Under Review | 12/26/2025 | ||||||||||
| CTU2025-1112-01 | Rivera v. DPH; Independent Study | Department of Public Health | Maria Rivera | Under Review | 1/12/2026 | ||||||||||
| CTU2025-1113-01 | Sotelo v. DBC; Procedures and Use of Non-Codified Standards | Dental Board of California | Brandon X. Sotelo | Under Review | 1/12/2026 | ||||||||||