House labor committee advances cannabis advertising, financial‑interest and fire-report bills; social‑equity distance bill not moved

The House Committee on Labor & Commerce took executive action on three bills and declined to move one social‑equity measure during a brief executive session following a public hearing and caucus recess.

Peter Clodfelter, committee staff, briefed members on the first item, engrossed Senate Bill 5206, which modifies restrictions on cannabis retailer advertising. The bill would increase the number of authorized cannabis-related signs on a retail premise from two to four, exclude small informational signs under 512 square inches from sign limits, and exclude trade-name signs from the advertising limits (subject to local sign ordinances). Representative Reeves moved adoption of amendment H-2079.3, which would require the four authorized advertising signs to be on the side of the building with the main entrance and would cap additional trade-name signs at two (one may be double-sided). The amendment was adopted by voice vote and the committee voted to report SB 5206 out of committee with a due-pass-as-amended…