New Mexico cannabis · BioTrack → NMS2S
The migration, dated
Every dated step CCD has published, sourced to Bulletin 26-09. After 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 25, 2026 (Mountain Time) is the first hard boundary — CCD calls this schedule tentative, so treat every date below as their best current word, not a promise.
How the transition runs
Now → 5pm, Aug 25
Reconcile and sync
Run a Current Inventory report directly from BioTrack Traceability and reconcile it against what is physically on your shelves. Review plants, packages and harvests. Close outdated open records and finish outstanding transfers. If you use a third-party POS or inventory system, sync it into BioTrack — BioTrack is the source of truth and only what is in BioTrack migrates.
Before Aug 25
Confirm your NM-PLUS primary controlling person
BioTrack user accounts do not migrate. In NMS2S, the primary controlling person on your NM-PLUS account becomes the initial system administrator and sets up everyone else. If that person is wrong or out of date, fix it before the cutover, not after.
Aug 19 & 20, 2026
BioTrack training webinars
BioTrack is running live training sessions on Wednesday August 19 and Thursday August 20 covering the operational changes inside BioTrack for the new system. Register through BioTrack. These are BioTrack's sessions, not CCD's — worth attending if you report through BioTrack, and the place to ask about the export you need for a full reconciliation.
After 5:00pm, Tue Aug 25, 2026
BioTrack shuts down for non-retailers
CCD/RTS take BioTrack offline for every non-retailer license type so they can back up the system. Retailers keep BioTrack for compliant dispensing but can't receive new inventory until several transition steps finish — CCD expects that to last until September 2. Every other standard permission for your license type still applies during this window; keep accurate records so changes made now can be reconciled once you're in NMS2S. All of this is CCD's tentative schedule, not a guarantee — they've said unforeseen issues could still shift a date.
Aug 25 – Aug 31, 2026
Testing labs pause
Testing laboratories can't accept new samples during this window. All past testing results are expected to be fully migrated into NMS2S by August 31.
On or around Aug 31, 2026
Producers and manufacturers regain access
RTS restores producer and manufacturer inventories in NMS2S, and testing labs can resume accepting samples there. Before taking any action, reconcile whatever changed during the migration and confirm the numbers in the system are accurate.
12:01am, Tue Sept 1, 2026
Retailer inventory migration begins
CCD starts migrating retailer inventories into NMS2S, but sales still have to run through BioTrack. Sync your retail inventory with BioTrack before this point — no retailer-to-retailer transfers should be sent or accepted in BioTrack after this time. What's captured at midnight is expected to land in NMS2S by noon on September 2.
Sept 2, 2026
Retailers get dual access
Retailers can reach both BioTrack and NMS2S, and can start receiving transfers from other licensees into NMS2S. While you hold both, adjust your NMS2S inventory down to account for whatever you sell through BioTrack in the meantime.
12:01am, Fri Sept 4, 2026
Legacy BioTrack turns off
Retailer access to BioTrack for sales ends. Every sale after this point — including through a POS API integrator — has to go through NMS2S. Product already on the market is grandfathered into NMS2S; nothing needs re-testing or re-approval just because the system changed.
After launch
New workflows take effect
Producer inventory-type limits, courier track-and-trace accounts, and the finished-product testing gate all apply going forward. Existing inventory migrates as recorded, but what you can receive afterward changes.
Straight from CCD
All bulletins on rld.nm.gov ↗The Cannabis Control Division's own industry bulletin archive, pulled live from their site — not paraphrased. CCD is the authority on this transition, not us.
Pre-migration checklist
Built from the CCD bulletin's reconciliation steps. Nothing here is saved — it resets when you close the page.
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What's changing in NMS2S
Producer inventory limits
After migration, a production license can only receive these inventory types: Deli Style Cannabis, Bulk Flower, Bulk Trim, Clones, Seedlings, Seeds. Existing inventory migrates as recorded, but other types can't be received afterward — work them down or convert/transfer them appropriately before the switch.
Testing and sale-ready product
Sale-ready products are labeled “Packaged Products” or “Deli Style Flower.” A finished-product test meeting 16.8.7.15 NMAC is required before a package can transfer to retail, tested in the exact form it's sold. Re-processing or adding ingredients after testing requires a new finished-product test.
User accounts
BioTrack user accounts do not migrate. The primary controlling person on your NM-PLUS account becomes the initial NMS2S system administrator and creates all other users. Verify that person is correct in NM-PLUS before the cutover.
Courier tracking
Couriers get their own track-and-trace accounts. Deliveries made via licensed couriers or internal couriers must be tracked in the system.
Synchronization
BioTrack is the source of truth for the migration. If you run a third-party POS or inventory system, sync it into BioTrack before the cutover — anything that only lives in the third-party system does not migrate.
API and third-party integrations
As of Bulletin 26-09, only API materials for connecting third-party retail POS systems have been released, and only to POS providers directly — API materials for everything else, including third-party inventory management systems, aren't coming until after NMS2S launch. No approved-integrator program has been published, so treat any vendor claiming a live NMS2S connection today with skepticism.
Downtime, training and updates
CCD has now published a tentative schedule (Bulletin 26-09): BioTrack goes down for non-retailers after 5:00 p.m. August 25, retailer inventory migrates over September 1–4, and CCD says it will try not to move these dates but unforeseen issues still could. CCD anticipated making user training manuals available the week of August 17. Updates go out as GovNotice bulletins to the email on file in NM-PLUS, so make sure that address is one you actually read, and watch the "Industry Bulletin Archives" section of CCD's Data & News page directly — CCD says to expect frequent updates there as the transition continues.