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House bill would merge marijuana and intoxicating hemp rules, redirect taxes to general fund and create expungement pathway
Summary
Representative Stewart presented House Bill 160 and moved an amendment that the committee adopted by voice; the bill would merge adult-use marijuana and intoxicating hemp regulation, preserve home-grow allowances, keep a 10% tax and create a targeted five-year local carve-out for jurisdictions that approved dispensaries by a cutoff date.
Representative Stewart presented House Bill 160 to the House Judiciary Committee and moved an amendment (amendment number 0273) that the committee adopted by voice with no objections. Stewart described HB 160 as a compromise intended to preserve core elements of Issue 2 — home grow allowances and a 10% tax — while bringing intoxicating hemp products (Delta-8/Delta-9/THC beverages) under the same dispensary regime and restricting sales to dispensaries rather than gas stations or similar outlets.
Stewart said the amendment narrows the local revenue carve-out so that only political subdivisions that had approved a dispensary as of the selected cutoff (June 30 of the referenced year) would receive a 20 percent share of…
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