Bill > HB91

This bill modifies existing Alaska laws related to the operation and taxation of retail marijuana stores and other marijuana establishments. It allows retail marijuana stores to sell marijuana not only to consumers but also to other marijuana cultivation facilities and product manufacturing facilities, and it changes the frequency of criminal history record checks for marijuana establishment registration renewals from every five years to every six years, while also shifting marijuana establishment registrations and local government fees from annual to biennial. Additionally, the bill adjusts the excise tax rate on marijuana sold from cultivation facilities to retail stores or manufacturing facilities from $50 per ounce to $12.50 per ounce, and it imposes a new six percent sales tax on marijuana and marijuana products sold by retail stores to consumers, with a portion of the collected tax to be allocated to a youth services grant program. The bill also changes the reporting and payment of marijuana taxes from monthly to quarterly for retail marijuana stores and specifies that the new sales tax and related reporting requirements will take effect on January 1, 2028, while most other provisions become effective on July 1, 2026.

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https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB91