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2023 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
Subcommittee Cannabis

McPike (Chair), McDougle, Reeves, Surovell, Spruill, Boysko

Clerk: Gillian Conway, Basit Khan
Staff: David May
Date of Meeting: January 25, 2023
Time and Place: 8:00 a.m. Senate Room 3, Capitol Ext.
Updated to include SB1393

S.B. 903

Patron: Hanger

Tetrahydrocannabinol; industrial hemp; regulated hemp products. Establishes provisions for the registration of a retail facility for regulated hemp products, as defined in the bill, establishes product packaging, labeling, and testing requirements for such products, and creates a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for certain violations relating to such products. The bill requires any person who manufactures an industrial hemp extract, as defined in the bill, or food containing an industrial hemp extract to obtain a permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services and creates a Class 1 misdemeanor and a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for certain violations. The bill clarifies that any substances containing a concentration of total tetrahydrocannabinol, as defined in the bill, of more than 0.3 percent, including a hemp product or industrial hemp extract, are included in the definition of marijuana and also clarifies that the definition of marijuana does not include any substance containing tetrahydrocannabinol that has been placed by the Board of Pharmacy into one of the schedules set forth in the Drug Control Act. The bill increases the civil penalty for certain actions relating to sales of cigarettes and hemp products from $50 to $500. The bill also removes tetrahydrocannabinol from the Schedule I list of controlled substances and permits the Board of Pharmacy to schedule, deschedule, or reschedule a tetrahydrocannabinol isomer, except delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or salts of such isomer in accordance with the provisions of the bill.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 3.2-4112, 3.2-4113, 3.2-4114, 3.2-4114.2, 3.2-4115, 3.2-4116, 3.2-4118, 3.2-4119, 3.2-4121, 3.2-5145.1, 3.2-5145.2:1, 3.2-5145.4, 3.2-5145.5, 4.1-600, 18.2-247, 18.2-251.1, 18.2-251.1:3, 18.2-371.2, 54.1-3401, 54.1-3408.3, 54.1-3423, 54.1-3443, and 54.1-3446 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 41.1 of Title 3.2 an article numbered 4, consisting of sections numbered 3.2-4122, 3.2-4123, and 3.2-4124, and by adding a section numbered 3.2-5145.4:1, relating to tetrahydrocannabinol; industrial hemp; regulated hemp products.

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S.B. 1133

Patron: Ebbin

Cannabis control; retail market; transitional sales; regulated hemp products; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, which would be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing marijuana licenses on July 1, 2024, and allows, beginning July 1, 2023, certain pharmaceutical processors, pending establishment of the retail market, to cultivate, manufacture, and sell cannabis products to persons 21 years of age or older. The bill transitions from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to the Authority the authority to regulate the testing, labeling, packaging, and advertising of regulated hemp products, as defined in the bill.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-2499.5, 2.2-2499.7, 2.2-2499.8, 3.2-4113, 3.2-4116, 3.2-4118, 4.1-600, 4.1-601, 4.1-603, 4.1-604, 4.1-606, 4.1-610, 4.1-614, 4.1-619, 4.1-1105.1, 4.1-1500, 4.1-1501, 4.1-1502, 18.2-247, 54.1-3401, 54.1-3408.3, 54.1-3442.6, 54.1-3442.7, and 54.1-3446 of the Code of Virginia, to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 51 of Title 3.2 an article numbered 6, consisting of sections numbered 3.2-5145.6 through 3.2-5145.9, by adding in Chapter 6 of Title 4.1 a section numbered 4.1-629, by adding in Chapter 7 of Title 4.1 sections numbered 4.1-700 through 4.1-704, by adding in Chapter 10 of Title 4.1 sections numbered 4.1-1003 through 4.1-1007, by adding in Chapter 11 of Title 4.1 sections numbered 4.1-1104, 4.1-1106, 4.1-1116, and 4.1-1122, by adding in Chapter 12 of Title 4.1 sections numbered 4.1-1200, 4.1-1202, 4.1-1206, and 4.1-1207, by adding in Chapter 13 of Title 4.1 a section numbered 4.1-1307, by adding in Chapter 14 of Title 4.1 sections numbered 4.1-1400 and 4.1-1403, and by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 6.2 a section numbered 6.2-108, and to repeal Article 5 (§§ 3.2-5145.1 through 3.2-5145.5) of Chapter 51 of Title 3.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to cannabis control; retail market; transitional sales; regulated hemp products; penalties.

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S.B. 1393

Patron: Lewis

Hemp products; license and label requirements. Requires the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt certain regulations relating to industrial hemp and industrial hemp extracts intended for inhalation, as defined in the bill, that include labeling requirements, batch testing requirements, and tolerances for contaminants of such products. The bill requires any manufacturer of a hemp product, wholesale supplier that sells hemp products, or retail establishment that sells hemp products to register with the Board and pay an annual fee for a license to sell such products and also requires hemp products sold or offered for sale to have certain information included on the label. The bill updates the definition of industrial hemp to match the definition in federal law.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 3.2-4112 and 3.2-4114 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 3.2-4114.3 and 3.2-4114.4, relating to hemp products; license and label requirements.

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