2025 bills / H.B. 54
H.B. 54 Cannabinoid Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
The bill bans certain cannabinoids from cannabinoid products, lets the Department of Agriculture and Food limit others, and requires hemp retailers to keep video surveillance. It also creates a new license with ownership limits for independent medical cannabis pharmacies, allows more of them, and repeals the state central patient portal.
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Official description
- defines terms
- prohibits certain cannabinoids from being used in cannabinoid products
- allows the Department of Agriculture and Food to limit certain types of cannabinoids that are found in a cannabinoid product
- amends background check requirements for cannabinoid processor licenses
- amends qualifications for obtaining a cannabinoid processor license
- requires industrial hemp retailers to maintain a video surveillance system
- amends provisions related to cannabinoid product enforcement
- requires a person to have a cannabis processor license to transport hemp concentrate
- removes the requirement that certain cannabinoid products be in a medicinal dosage form
- allows for additional medical cannabis pharmacies
- creates a new medical cannabis pharmacy license for independent medical cannabis pharmacies
- creates ownership restrictions for independent medical cannabis pharmacies
- adjusts fees for certain medical cannabis pharmacy licenses
- amends provisions regarding cannabis production and sanitation
- modifies provisions related to enforcement and appeals
- amends provisions related to closed-door medical cannabis pharmacies
- allows a cannabis processing facility to have a website that includes product information
- amends provisions regarding when the department may seize products and test products
- amends provisions related to information a medical cannabis pharmacy must have available to a patient purchasing medical cannabis
- creates a reporting requirement for the department
- repeals sections related to the state central patient portal
- makes technical and conforming changes
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What members get
- An alert the day H.B. 54 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When H.B. 54 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
- Your own scorecard: pick the side you favor and see how every legislator voted
Every vote
- 10 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee: vote to change the bill · Jan 24, 2025Who voted how
- 11 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 24, 2025Who voted how
- 68 yes, 3 no, 4 absentFinal House vote · Feb 4, 2025Who voted how
- 1 yes, 5 no, 1 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: Senate vote, which failed · Feb 13, 2025Who voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Feb 25, 2025Who voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 25, 2025Who voted how
- 25 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how
- 67 yes, 0 no, 8 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Jan 24, 2025 House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee▶ Watch
- Feb 13, 2025 Senate Health and Human Services Committee▶ Watch
- Feb 25, 2025 Senate Health and Human Services Committee▶ Watch
- Apr 2, 2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- Jul 3, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- Jul 3, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- Jul 3, 2025 House floor debate▶ Watch