Bill Title: Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Removes language providing that any person or entity awarded a craft grower license under specified provisions shall only hold one craft grower license. Requires the Department of Agriculture to issue an additional 30 craft grower licenses on or before December 21, 2023 and an additional 30 craft grower licenses on or before March 15, 2024 under specified conditions. Removes language providing that a craft grower shall not be located within 1,500 feet of another craft grower. Requires each adult use cultivation center or Early Approval Adult Use Cultivation Center License holder that produces THC oil extract to set aside a portion of its total monthly production of THC oil extract to sell to infuser organizations to provide infuser organizations with an adequate supply for their infusion processes. Provides that a transporting organization may transport cannabis or cannabis-infused products to a transporting organization depot or other transporting organization transfer facility. Provides that no cannabis business establishment nor any other person or entity shall engage in advertising that contains any statement or illustration that includes a description of or reference to a cannabis product as "craft", unless that product or the raw material used to create that product is produced by a craft grower. Provides that the tax imposed under the Cannabis Cultivation Privilege Tax Law shall not be assessed against or collected from any craft grower awarded a craft grower license under the Act until 2 years after the date that the license is awarded to the craft grower. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0031 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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