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Office of Cannabis Management outlines licensing timeline, testing variance and grants approach ahead of market launch
Summary
Interim director Eric Taubel told the committee the Office of Cannabis Management will open license applications, pursue a variance to shorten lab onboarding, run a CAN Renew grant program with close controls, and move toward market launch in spring–summer 2025 while continuing rulemaking and compact negotiations with tribes.
Eric Taubel, interim director of the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), briefed the Senate committee on OCM’s budget proposals, implementation milestones and plans for market launch and enforcement.
Taubel described four narrow budget proposals: a modest operating adjustment for agency operations; a budget‑neutral request tied to administration of the CAN Renew community reinvestment grant; a testing‑facility licensing variance to allow non‑ISO‑17025‑certified labs to operate under supervision while they obtain full ISO accreditation; and a small rule change to social equity criteria to count certain adjudications or juvenile records in social equity determinations.
On lab testing, Taubel said ISO 17025 certification can take 12–24 months from start to finish, creating a potential two‑year barrier for new testing labs. The office proposes a variance that would permit testing facilities to…
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