HB 1289: Marijuana businesses

Summary

• Establishes exceptions to the six-month residency requirement, and to the five-license limit for retailers, for marijuana businesses with labor peace agreements in effect.
• Requires a similar exception to any license limit established by Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) rule for individual marijuana producers and processors, for producers and processors with labor peace agreements in effect.
• Requires any marijuana business relying on the new authorizations tied to having and maintaining a labor peace agreement to enter or make a good-faith effort to enter a collective bargaining agreement within 150 days of opening.
• Includes provisions authorizing holding companies to provide certain defined "management services" to licensed marijuana businesses under common ownership.
• Authorizes the LCB to define additional "management services" by rule, limits the LCB's rulemaking authority in other respects, and defines relevant terms.
• Includes provisions addressing inheritance of a business with a marijuana license.

From the House Bill Analysis 2019 (HB 1289), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗