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Committee debates retail moratorium, local opt‑in/out and CCB authority to manage store siting
Summary
Members and witnesses disagreed on a statewide pause on new retail licenses. Regulators said the Cannabis Control Board already has tools to limit retail licensing and that local opt‑in/opt‑out rules produce a patchwork; some growers and retailers urged a targeted pause while others warned of economic harm and unintended concentration effects.
The committee heard competing views on a proposed statewide pause (described in testimony as a moratorium) on new retail cannabis licenses and on whether cultivator licensing should be paused as well.
James Pepper and Cannabis Control Board representatives told the committee that the board already has regulatory mechanisms to throttle retail licensing and to manage siting at the local level, and they cautioned that a statewide pause would be “bad economics.” Pepper said…
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