LATEST ALERTS
US - Colorado: Senate Bill (SB) 22-205 has been passed by the House and now heads back to the Senate to reconcile a minor
US - Kansas: Legislation to legalise medical cannabis in Kansas has stalled and appears highly unlikely to pass during the current legislative session, which
US - Maine: Legislative Document (LD) 1942 was passed by the Senate, and its amendments were reconciled by the House. The bill originally would have
US - Texas: Voters in Austin, Texas (population approximately 950,000) passed a proposition to decriminalise possession of up to 2 oz of cannabis in
US - Colorado: Senate Bill (SB) 22-205 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill originally would have cracked down
US - Delaware: House Bill (HB) 371 was passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would allow adults (21+)
US - Federal: Representative James Comer, ranking member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, has requested a hearing "to examine the failure of the
US - South Carolina: The Compassionate Care Act, a bill to legalise medical cannabis, has been killed in the House. The bill was ruled out
US - Missouri: Organisers of a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis are confident that they have gathered enough signatures to get the initiative
US - Connecticut: House Bill 5329 was passed by the Senate and now heads to governor Ned Lamont for final approval. The bill makes
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warning letters to five manufacturers of delta-8 THC products that make health claims in their
US - Colorado: Senate Bill 22-205 has been amended, reportedly in response to a backlash from the hemp industry. The original bill would have cracked down on
US - New York: The Office of Cannabis Management has written to stakeholders reminding them that delta-8 and delta-10 THC products that are converted
US - South Dakota: South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws (SDBML) believes it has submitted enough signatures to place an initiative to legalise recreational
US - California: The California Department of Public Health has released proposed regulations for registration and authorisation for manufacturers of hemp-derived products. The regulations are
US - Ohio: Organisers of a November ballot petition to legalise recreational cannabis in the state have filed a lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment
US - Maine: Two bills that amend Maine's cannabis laws were enacted without the governor's signature. Legislative Document (LD) 1928 allows for medical cannabis patients to
US - Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 591 has been killed in the Senate after the governor sent amendments to the bill back to the legislature, press reports.
US - New Hampshire: House Bill (HB) 1598, a bill to legalise recreational cannabis that passed the House in February, has failed in the Senate.
US - Oklahoma: The state Senate passed several bills – namely House Bill (HB) 3208, HB 3019, HB 2179, and HB 3929 – which affect the state's
US - Connecticut: House Bill (HB) 5329 was passed by the House and now moves to the Senate. The bill would expressly prohibit the practice
US - Oklahoma: House Bill (HB) 3439 was passed by the Senate and now goes to the governor for final approval. The bill would
US - Ohio: The Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program (OMMCP) has issued a rule to allow for hemp-derived cannabinoids in medical cannabis products, press reports.
US - Iowa: House File (HF) 2380 has been signed by the governor and enacted into law. HF 2380 increases the maximum size of
US - New Hampshire: The Senate Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously (5-0) against House Bill 1598, which would legalise recreational cannabis and sell it
US - Federal: Oral arguments were made in federal court in the District of Columbia yesterday in a case brought by the Hemp Industries
US - California: Assembly Bill 1656 was passed by the Assembly and now heads to the Senate. The bill would allow recreational cannabis licensees
US - Georgia: A judge has issued an injunction preventing the district attorney in Gwinnett County from taking action against companies selling delta-8 and
US - Maine: Both chambers of the legislature have concurred and passed Legislative Document (LD) 1827, which now heads to the governor for approval. The amended
US - Maine: The Senate has passed Legislative Document (LD) 1928, and the bill now heads to the governor for approval. It would allow medical
US - Michigan: The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) has reportedly withdrawn a proposed rule that would have allowed for the conversion of hemp cannabinoids into
US - New York: The New York Cannabis Control Board has approved the first 52 licences to be issued for the state’s recreational cannabis programme.
US - Pennsylvania: Senate Bill 1167 was passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. The bill would protect financial institutions from
US - Virginia: Governor Glenn Youngkin has proposed amendments to Senate Bill 591, which was recently approved by both the House and the Senate. The bill seeks to include “any
US - Federal: The advocacy group US Hemp Roundtable has met congressional leaders to lobby for federal reform on hemp and CBD products. Among bills the
US - Maine: Legislative Document (LD) 1827 was passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would allow for delivery
US - Maryland: The House has amended and passed Senate Bill 1006; the Senate, which had earlier passed the bill, must now decide whether to
US - Maryland: The House has concurred with amendments made by the Senate to House Bill 1078, which now moves to governor Larry Hogan for
US - New Jersey: The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) has approved seven applications to allow medical cannabis dispensaries to sell recreational cannabis. They cover
US - Virginia: Senate Bill 671 has been signed into law by governor Glenn Youngkin. The new law removes requirements that only oil from hemp be used
US - New York: State lawmakers included in their budget proposal to the governor a measure that would allow cannabis businesses to make state
US - Maryland: Governor Larry Hogan will allow House Bill 837 to take effect without his signature, press reports. HB 837 is the implementing legislation that will
US - Alabama: Senate Bill 324 has failed in the Senate. The controversial bill would have required women between the ages of 25 and 50
US - Maryland: The Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill (SB) 1006, and the bill now moves to the House. SB 1006 would expressly allow the
US - Oregon: The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission has requested a 70-day licence suspension and a $200,000 fine – the maximum monetary fine
US - Oklahoma: The Oklahoma Supreme Court rejected a challenge to a ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis that is set to appear on
US - Kentucky: Governor Andy Beshear told the media that he would "explore" the possibility of issuing an executive order on medical cannabis if the legislature
US - Federal: The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has acknowledged that cannabis seeds that can produce high-THC cannabis plants are not controlled under federal
US - Washington DC: The District of Columbia Council has rejected a bill that would have increased access to cannabis by allowing over-21s to self-certify
US - Georgia: Several bills aimed at jumpstarting Georgia's medical cannabis program, which has been mired in controversy and legal disputes involving the issuing
