Bill > HB611

This bill amends several sections of Ohio's Revised Code to expand licensing opportunities for medical marijuana processors and cultivators. Specifically, the bill allows processors who were issued a certificate of operation on or before December 7, 2023, to obtain additional licenses, including one adult use dispensary license, one medical dispensary license, and one level III adult use cultivator license, provided they meet certain conditions such as not transferring their processor license and having no common ownership with a cultivator. The bill also modifies existing regulations around cannabis operator licenses, allowing level III adult use cultivators to cultivate both adult use and medical marijuana, and authorizing up to forty level III adult use cultivator licenses and fifty additional adult use dispensary licenses. The legislation provides the Division of Cannabis Control with the ability to review and potentially authorize additional licenses after 24 months, considering factors like market growth, consumer demand, and geographic distribution of dispensary sites. Additionally, the bill updates provisions related to monitoring, testing, processing, and inspecting medical marijuana operations, ensuring that new license holders are subject to the same regulatory oversight as existing medical marijuana businesses.

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https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb611