CCB reports legislative activity, May 16 committee deadline approaching

CCB staff briefed the board on the status of multiple cannabis-related bills at the Nevada Legislature and reminded members that May 16, 2025, was a key committee-deadline date for second-house passage.

James (Executive Director) Hunt told the board that AB76 (board-sponsored) is in the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee and staff hoped for a hearing in the coming week. Hunt summarized other measures in both houses: AB149 (information-sharing agreements and UNLV funding), AB203 (multi‑part concept bill under revision), AB307 (two‑thirds tax vote proposal to shift wholesale/retail excise structure), AB308 (agent-card consolidation), AB504 (deceptive trade-practices enforcement resources), and several Senate bills including SB25 (fire marshal matters), SB41 (Taxation Department cannabis-permit proposal) and SB168 (pesticide regulation rulemaking assigned to the board). Hunt said many assembly measures were in Ways and Means and would proceed after the May 16 deadline.

Hunt also said the board’s budget was approved and closed and that the agency had requested a limited reclassification (data analyst) rather than an expansion of headcount. Staff plan to monitor bills that affect testing lot sizes and pesticide rules and to develop any regulations required by statute following the typical rulemaking process.

Why it matters: Several bills could change how cannabis is taxed, regulated and tested in Nevada and could affect licensing and compliance costs. The board’s actions on rulemaking, and any fiscal impacts of bills, will shape oversight and enforcement workloads.

Details: Staff will continue to coordinate with bill sponsors, the Nevada Department of Taxation and other agencies on technical language and budgetary impacts; staff noted SB41 and other items were still being worked through and that the board would engage in follow-up rulemaking where statutes require it.