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House adopts broad cannabis regulatory package with medical-access provisions and municipal setbacks
Summary
The Vermont House adopted amendments to H.612, a package of cannabis regulatory changes that bans intoxicating synthetic hemp products, creates a medical-use endorsement for adult-use retailers, lowers some dispensary fees, replenishes a small business fund, and allows municipalities limited setback authority for outdoor cultivation.
Representative Byron, speaking for the Government Operations and Military Affairs Committee, presented H.612 as a multi-part bill updating Vermont’s cannabis regulatory framework and addressing gaps that have emerged since adult-use retail launched. "Importantly, H612 will ban synthetic hemp derived intoxiciating products with psychoactive THC that are currently unregulated," Byron said, describing products appearing in gas stations and convenience stores that exploit a federal-state definitional gap.
The bill clarifies state law to treat any product that is intoxicating under Cannabis Control Board (CCB) rules — whether hemp- or marijuana-derived — as subject to the full spectrum of Vermont cannabis regulation, including licensing, packaging, labeling and age restrictions. H.612 also tightens the statutory definition of "control" to specify who must submit to federal background checks when applying for a cannabis license, a change the committee said was necessary after an FBI denial tied to the prior ambiguity.
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