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SB 558 would allow trade‑show samples, expanded employee samples and producer‑to‑producer transfers, industry says

2330087 · February 17, 2025
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Senate Bill 558 would permit OLCC-registered business trade events to host licensee-to-licensee wholesale sales and samples, expand employee sampling and allow producer-to-producer transfers without shared ownership; industry witnesses said the changes would reduce waste and support small farms.

The Senate Committee on Judiciary heard testimony Feb. 17 on Senate Bill 558, which would permit licensed marijuana businesses to provide samples at OLCC‑registered, licensee‑only trade events; allow wholesalers to sell or transfer items to retailers at those events; expand limits on employee samples and permit producers to give seeds and immature plants to permitted workers and to transfer products between producers without a shared‑ownership requirement.

Jesse Bontecou, executive director of the Cannabis Industry Alliance of Oregon, described…

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