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Social-equity cannabis license bill divides industry, local-control advocates
Summary
Senate Bill 5758 would relax some buffer and spacing rules for social-equity cannabis licenses; equity advocates said zoning blocks openings while industry groups and public-health advocates warned of local preemption and youth exposure risks.
Senate Bill 57 58, which would change distance and spacing rules for cannabis retail outlets licensed under the social equity program, drew sharply divided testimony before the Labor & Commerce Committee.
Committee staff explained the current structure: LCB cannot issue a cannabis license for a premises within 1,000 feet of certain locations (schools, certain parks), and local governments may adopt shorter buffers but not less than 100 feet; the bill would allow LCB to approve social-equity licenses located closer to youth-oriented…
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