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Committee hears SB 556 to modernize tracking, permitting and interstate readiness for cannabis and hemp
Summary
Senate Bill 556 would allow motion detection cameras and digital manifests, harmonize hemp and cannabis definitions, prohibit physical plant tags, and create a springing interstate commerce provision pending federal authorization; industry groups largely supported the bill while hemp producers voiced opposition to OLCC having hemp authority.
The Senate Committee on Judiciary heard testimony Feb. 17 on Senate Bill 556, a cannabis omnibus focused on modernizing security and tracking, enabling business efficiencies, and harmonizing Oregon’s hemp and cannabis regulatory frameworks.
Committee staff summarized SB 556’s principal provisions as permitting motion‑detection cameras instead of 24/7 continuous recording for OLCC licensees; requiring inventory reconciliation at least every seven days; allowing OLCC licensees an industrial‑hemp endorsement to co‑locate hemp and marijuana production; prohibiting OLCC from requiring physical plant tags; requiring OLCC’s tracking system to support third‑party integrations; authorizing digital transport…
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