HB 17-1034

HB 17-1034, also known as the Medical Marijuana License Issues bill, aims to align medical marijuana business regulations with those for retail marijuana. It allows medical marijuana businesses in Colorado to move their operations anywhere within the state if approved by both local and state authorities, similar to how retail marijuana businesses can relocate. The bill also gives medical marijuana companies the chance to fix products that fail health tests before destroying them, just like retail marijuana businesses do. Additionally, it permits medical marijuana-infused product manufacturers to buy or sell raw medical marijuana from each other. Since this bill has been signed into law, its provisions are now in effect and regulate how medical marijuana businesses operate within Colorado.

Official Summary

The retail marijuana code requires a license for retail marijuana business operators. The bill creates a corresponding medical marijuana business operator license. Under current law, a medical marijuana licensee may move his or her location within the city or county where the business is licensed upon approval of the local and state licensing authority. Under the retail marijuana code, a licensee can move his or her business anywhere in Colorado upon approval of the state and local jurisdiction. The bill allows a medical marijuana licensee to move his or her business anywhere in Colorado upon approval of the state and local jurisdiction to conform with the retail marijuana code. Under the retail marijuana code, if a test result indicated the presence of any substance determined to be injurious to health, the licensee has an opportunity to remediate the product if the test indicated the presence of a microbial. If the licensee is unable to remediate the product, then the licensee shall document and properly destroy the adulterated product. The bill gives a medical marijuana licensee the same opportunity to remediate its product. The bill allows medical marijuana-infused product manufacturers to sell or buy medical marijuana from another medical marijuana-infused product manufacturer. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

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