The Public Safety Commission approved adoption of several previously published rules, including equipment requirements for 2025‑model and newer school buses and regulatory sections implementing changes to the compassionate‑use program.

Chief Brian Rippy said the amendments affecting commercial vehicle enforcement and school‑bus equipment were published Aug. 7 and drew no public comments; the commission voted to adopt those provisions. Chief Wayne Mueller asked the commission to adopt compassionate‑use program rules that implement House Bill 46, noting the rules govern future application intake, potential revocation for failure to operate within set timelines and security and recordkeeping requirements for satellite locations that will store THC product overnight.

Mueller told commissioners the compassionate‑use rules apply to future application intakes and “do not apply to the current expansion process that we are right in the middle of.” He said the agency received two public comments—one supportive and one inconsequential—and proposed no substantive changes before adoption.

Commissioners moved and seconded adoption motions for the published rules; the motions passed by voice vote.

Why it matters: the adopted rules implement statutory changes to the medical cannabis/careful‑use regime and set equipment standards for certain school buses going forward; they were adopted after the public comment period concluded.