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Several bills affecting OMMA advance as session nears deadline
Summary
OMMA staff told the council that about seven bills affecting agency operations remain active this session, including measures on THC labeling for edibles, a moratorium and cap on license issuance, site cleanup and employee credentialing; some bills contain conflicting vendor‑training language.
Megan Hanson, chief of staff at the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, briefed the council on active legislation affecting the agency and said approximately seven bills remain with roughly one month left in the session.
Hanson summarized measures that could change labeling, licensing and vendor standards. She said House Bill 4454 would require clear THC labeling on edible and drinkable medical marijuana products and prohibit packaging attractive to children. House Bills 3143 and 3144 would extend the moratorium on new medical marijuana business licenses through August 2028 and cap the number of commercial grower licenses at 2,550.
Hanson said Senate Bill 640 was revised to address site cleanup obligations for licensed businesses, include fines and penalties and add a public nuisance trigger for grow sites abandoned 30 days or more. Senate Bill 1242 was described as covering employee credentialing and training, third‑party vendor standards, land reclamation fees and law enforcement notification upon license revocation; Senate Bill 1501 would authorize the agency to approve third‑party vendors to provide required employee training. Hanson noted that SB 1242 and SB 1501 contain conflicting language on third‑party vendor training and that bill authors intend to reconcile that language before the measures reach the governor.
"With approximately 1 month remaining in the legislative session, seven bills impacting OMA are still active," Hanson said, and she invited questions from council members about specific provisions.
Council members discussed whether statutory changes would be needed to publish Metrc data and the agency confirmed some Metrc data is statutorily confidential; council members and commenters were advised to contact legislators for statutory changes.
No votes were taken at the meeting because the council lacked a quorum.
