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Committee reviews revised cannabis bill: higher transaction limits, pilot permits and public-health concerns
Summary
The committee reviewed a revised cannabis bill that raises transaction/possession and package limits, creates event and delivery pilot permits, and drew Department of Health testimony urging retention of potency caps and stronger prevention funding.
Senate Health & Welfare on March 17 reviewed draft 3.2 of a revised cannabis bill that trims earlier potency and advertising provisions while raising packaging and transaction limits and authorizing two two-year pilot programs for event permits and delivery.
Tucker Anderson of the Legislative Council told the committee that the committee-recommended draft removed earlier potency caps and advertising changes from the introduced bill but increased transaction and single-package limits and expanded permitted package sizes. Sections 2–4 raise individual transaction and possession limits (for example, some flower limits were raised from 1 ounce to 2 ounces) and adjusted proportional limits for concentrated products.
The bill also creates two pilot programs: up to 20 event permits per year (10 public, 10…
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