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Committee tables CBD ‘pop-up’ sales bill and asks VDACS to study retail registration rules

2279447 · February 12, 2025
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Summary

A bill to permit licensed CBD retailers to operate short-term off-site sales of CBD-only products was laid on the table 10–0 with a letter directing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) to study regulatory options after the agency opposed the draft on enforcement-resource and product-safety grounds.

Senator Boyce introduced a bill to allow a licensed CBD retailer to sell only CBD products offsite at a temporary location tied to the retailer’s registered brick-and-mortar license. The sponsor said the measure is meant to help a constituent whose small business sells CBD with no THC and who was told she needed an additional registration each time she operated at a festival or farmers market.

Nikia Thomas,…

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