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Senate Judiciary hears SB 162 cannabis omnibus on hoop houses, map access and licensing changes
Summary
The Senate Committee on Judiciary heard public testimony Feb. 17 on Senate Bill 162, a cannabis omnibus that would allow law enforcement to destroy hoop houses during warrants, broaden interagency access to the OLCC licensed‑grow map, roll back a 2022 expansion of school setbacks for pre‑K and kindergarten programs, and permit ODA inspections of hemp biomass.
The Senate Committee on Judiciary held a public hearing on Monday, Feb. 17, on Senate Bill 162, a 2025 cannabis omnibus that includes measures on law enforcement powers, interagency access to a licensed-cultivation map, setback rules for early childhood facilities and hemp inspection authority.
Senate Committee staff summarized the bill’s main elements as permitting the destruction of hoop houses during searches for unlawful marijuana production, granting the Oregon Water Resources Department and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality access to the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) map of licensed marijuana and industrial hemp operations, repealing a 2022 expansion of setback distances as applied to pre-kindergarten and kindergarten programs, and allowing the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) to inspect industrial hemp biomass for average THC levels. The staff summary also said the introduced version included an $11,100,000 general‑fund appropriation…
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