House Appropriations advances cannabis regulatory bill with pilot 'showcase' events, removes proposed trim-and-harvest license

The House Appropriations Committee advanced H.321 on May 29 after members adopted an amendment that removes provisions creating a new trim-and-harvest license and related fee changes, while retaining a pilot permitting up to five cannabis “showcase” events.

The bill, as advanced, requires the Cannabis Control Board (CCB) to oversee a limited pilot of showcase permits that would allow licensed retailers and partnered cultivators to appear at secured, regulated public events. The Bayron amendment removes sections that would have created a trim-and-harvest license, eliminated an “intent to apply” fee, and added multi‑year product and employee registration options.

At a committee briefing, legislative counsel summarized what the senate’s proposal of amendment changed and what the Bayron amendment would remove. “Sections 4, 8, 11 and 12 are all the sections that the Bayron amendment is proposing to remove,” legislative counsel said, describing those sections as the provisions tied to the trim-and-harvest…