CANNABIS-CRAFT GROWERS

Session: 103rd General Assembly
Year: 2023
Bill #: HB0025
Category: Cannabis
Position: No position
Mandate?
Revenue Loss?
Authority Preemption?

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Summary as Introduced

Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Raises specified square footage requirements for craft growers. Removes language allowing the Department of Agriculture to authorize a decrease of flowering stage cultivation space used for cultivating specified plants. Raises the maximum number of craft grower licenses for specified craft growers to 3 (rather than one), 6 (rather than 2), and 10 (rather than 3). Removes language prohibiting craft growers from being located within 1,500 feet of each other. Prohibits cannabis product advertising from describing or referencing a cannabis product as "craft" unless the cannabis product is produced by a craft grower. Provides that the Cannabis Cultivation Privilege Tax shall not be assessed against or collected from specified craft growers until 2 years after the date the craft grower was awarded a license. Makes other changes.



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