Overview
- Amended S.B. 56 would confine intoxicating hemp sales to licensed dispensaries for adults 21 and older, with required testing, packaging and advertising standards, plus a 10% tax.
- The bill caps hemp dispensaries at 400 with limited grandfathering for existing sellers, assigns product oversight to the Division of Marijuana Control, and places THC drink sales under the Division of Liquor Control.
- Bars and restaurants could sell 5 mg THC beverages for on‑site consumption, and retail stores could sell 10 mg carry‑out drinks, while most other intoxicating hemp items would be restricted to licensed hemp dispensaries.
- Marijuana changes include reducing extract potency to a 70% THC maximum, capping flower at 35%, banning smoking and vaping in most public places, and keeping home grow at six plants per person and 12 per residence.
- The measure restores a 36% local share of adult‑use revenue for communities with dispensaries, lets people apply to expunge certain past marijuana offenses, awaits Senate review of House changes, and follows a court order pausing the governor’s 90‑day hemp sales ban with a hearing set for Oct. 28.