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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| CTU2025-0912-01 | 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 | ||||||
| CTU2025-1112-01 | Rivera v. DPH; Independent Study | Department of Public Health | Maria Rivera | Incomplete | 1/23/2026 | ||||||||||
| CTU2025-1218-01 | Coalition for Responsible Drinking Water Regulation v. SWRCB; General Order DW 2025-0002-DDW | State Water Resources Control Board | Coalition for Responsible Drinking Water Regulation | Under Review | 2/23/2026 | ||||||||||
| CTU2025-1218-02 | Sweet v. CDCR; Memorandum dated January 2, 2024; Prevention From Opposite Gender Viewing for Perforated Steel Cell Doors California Institution For Men Facility Bravo | Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation | Kourtney Michelle Ussery-Sweet | Under Review | 2/17/2026 | ||||||||||
| CTU2025-1222-01 | Million v. BPH; Mentally Disordered Offender Evaluator Handbook for Penal Code Section 2962 (d)(1) | Board of Parole Hearings | Charlie Lee Million | Under Review | 2/20/2026 | ||||||||||
| CTU2026-0116-01 | California Disability Services Association v. RCB; “Basic Respiratory Tasks and Services,” adopted by the Respiratory Care Board of California and effective October 1, 2025. | Respiratory Care Board | California Disability Services Association | Under Review | 3/17/2026 | ||||||||||
| CTU2026-0120-01 | Barno v. CDCR; Restitution Avoidance | Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation | Rodney B. Barno | Under Review | 3/23/2026 | ||||||||||