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Commerce panel advances cannabis policy bill, tweaking landmark 2023 legislation

Charlene Briner, interim director of the Office of Cannabis Management, testifies before the House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee March 27 regarding HF4757, the cannabis policy bill. Rep. Zack Stephenson, foreground, is the sponsor. (Photo by Michele Jokinen)

Crafting sweeping legislation is not always perfect on the first try.

Rather, it often takes more than one go-around to get things right, that is, to close loopholes and fix unintended consequences.

A case in point is HF4757, the cannabis policy bill, approved by the House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee on Wednesday. The 91-page proposal would make more than three-dozen statutory changes to last session’s sweeping legislation legalizing recreational cannabis for adults.

The 2023 legislation appropriated nearly $80 million in the 2024-25 biennium to establish statewide and local structures to regulate and manage cannabis sales, fund prevention and addiction recovery programs, and provide grants to law enforcement and courts.


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