B 25-0805 District of Columbia · 25th Council Period (2023-2024)

Medical Cannabis Clarification Supplemental Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2024

This emergency amendment clarifies rules for medical cannabis businesses in the District of Columbia, specifically affecting cultivation centers and dispensaries that applied for licenses between late 2021 and early 2022. The bill sets a May 1, 2024 deadline for these existing facilities to submit applications for additional licenses and prohibits any single business from holding both a cultivation center license and an internet retailer license. It also resolves a tie among two applicants for second place in the 2021-2022 registration cycle and allows high-scoring applicants to change their facility locations without jeopardizing their applications. Additionally, the law ensures that initial application fees paid by qualified applicants will be credited toward their full application costs.
Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
Council Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced May 6, 2024 Signed May 29, 2024
Floor votes · Council May 7, 2024

How they voted

12–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 13
May 7, 2024
D Democratic11
10 Yea 1
90% Yea
I Independent2
2 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

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Total actions
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May 7, 2024
Council · Passed
Council Vote: pass (12-0-1)
council
May 6, 2024
Introduced
B25-0805 Introduced by Councilmember T. White at Office of the Secretary
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Photo of Trayon White
Trayon White
DDemocratic
DC
Ward 8