BILL · 2023–24 SESSION
HB 1341: Cannabis license ownership
Concerning cannabis license ownership.
Summary
- Requires the Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) to suspend a cannabis producer's license if no activity has been recorded on the license after July 1, 2021, and for the license to be reissued to the licensee in certain circumstances tied to federal cannabis law or policy changes.
- Authorizes out-of-state ownership of licensed cannabis businesses.
- Modifies requirements about who must qualify for and be named on a cannabis license so that, generally, a natural person holding an ownership interest of 10 percent or less of the entity is not required to qualify for or be named on the license, subject to requirements.
- Authorizes the LCB to impose additional licensing fees to recover costs incurred in investigating a nonresident required to be investigated.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 16, 2023
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Sharon Wylie (D-49)
- Introduced
- January 16, 2023 in the House
- Last action
- January 8, 2024
- Companion bill
- SB 5377
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to cannabis license ownership;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Sharon Wylie (D-49)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Regulated Substances & Gaming.
HB 1341 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 1341 (2025–26) Medical cannabis database
- HB 1341 (2021–22) Professional rescue doctrine
- HB 1341 (2019–20) UAVs near marine species
- HB 1341 (2017–18) Prof. certification/teachers
- HB 1341 (2015–16) Fishing guide/unlawfully
- HB 1341 (2013–14) Wrongful imprisonment
- HB 1341 (2011–12) Rule adoption requirements
- HB 1341 (2009–10) High school graduation reqs