A Nevada bill that would drastically increase the possession limit for legal marijuana and marijuana concentrates has been passed by the state’s full legislature.
Senate Bill 277 was passed Friday through the Assembly 28 to 14, five days after it passed the Senate 14 to 6. This allows the legislation to be sent to Governor Joe Lombardo for consideration.
The proposed law would increase the possession limit for dried marijuana from one ounce, to 2.5 ounces, and would double the limit for concentrates from one-eight of an ounce to one-fourth of an ounce. The proposal would also allow dispensaries to obtain dual licenses, allowing them to sell to both medical patients and recreational consumers.
Section 3, 5 and 6 of this bill would “prohibit the Board from issuing or renewing a medical cannabis establishment license on or after January 1, 2024, unless the medical cannabis establishment is located in a local governmental jurisdiction that is a “covered jurisdiction,” which section 3 defines to mean a local governmental jurisdiction that has adopted local cannabis control measures which prohibit the operation of adult-use cannabis establishments.”
The measure then “sets forth a similar process to allow a person who holds a medical cannabis establishment license for a medical cannabis establishment that is located in a covered jurisdiction to apply for and be issued an adult-use cannabis establishment license of the same type if the local governmental jurisdiction in which the establishment is located ceases to be a covered jurisdiction.”
SB 277 also:
- Increases the maximum amount of the fees that the Board is authorized to charge for the issuance or renewal of an adult-use cannabis establishment license.
- Eliminates provisions which prohibit the Board from issuing a cannabis establishment agent registration card to a person who has been convicted of an excluded felony offense.
- Eliminates provisions which make having committed or committing an excluded felony offense grounds for the immediate revocation of a cannabis establishment agent registration card.
For the full text of Senate Bill 277, click here.
