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Committee advances bill to hold online platforms accountable for illicit cannabis and hemp sales
Summary
SB 378 (Wiener) would create liability and disclosure requirements for online platforms that facilitate sales of illicit or intoxicating cannabis and hemp products; committee passed the bill while opponents urged narrowing definitions and protections for compliant hemp businesses.
Sen. Scott Wiener presented SB 378, a measure aimed at reducing the online sale of unregulated intoxicating cannabis and hemp products by creating platform accountability and disclosure obligations for sites that facilitate such sales.
Wiener told the Assembly Business and Professions Committee that illicit sellers operate on widely available platforms and deliver products, often with no age verification, directly to consumers. “We set up a legal cannabis market and industry in California subject to many regulations… The products are tested for safety and health,” he said, arguing that an unchecked illicit online…
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