Massachusetts marijuana regulators will revisit the state’s temporary freeze on new cultivation licenses Thursday while separately discussing the possibility of “additional license freezes,” according to a newly released meeting agenda.
The Cannabis Control Commission is scheduled to meet October 8 at 10 a.m. The agenda places both a “Discussion of Cultivation Licensing Freeze” and a “Discussion of Additional License Freezes” under the commission’s discussion and votes section.
The agenda does not specify which additional license categories commissioners may consider freezing or whether a formal vote will occur on either issue Thursday.
The discussion comes less than a week before the existing cultivation moratorium is scheduled to reach the end of its initial 120-day period.
The commission voted in April to temporarily stop accepting new applications for indoor and outdoor Marijuana Cultivator licenses, with the freeze taking effect June 16. Regulators reconsidered the issue during their June 11 meeting before moving forward with the moratorium.
Applications submitted on or before June 16 have continued to be processed. The freeze also does not apply to Microbusiness license applications submitted by eligible Social Equity Program participants or Economic Empowerment Applicants.
When announcing the moratorium, the commission said it could shorten or extend the 120-day suspension if market conditions warranted further action. Based on the June 16 effective date, the current freeze is set to run through October 14 unless commissioners take additional action.
Thursday’s discussion also comes as regulators consider broader changes to the state’s licensing system. In September, the commission announced that its fall regulatory overhaul would include consideration of statewide license caps, along with changes involving marijuana testing, medical licensing, advertising, delivery and other areas.
The October 8 agenda does not indicate whether the discussion of “additional license freezes” is directly tied to those potential statewide caps.
Commissioners are also scheduled Thursday to discuss administrative license extensions and the next phase of regulations implementing Chapter 65, Massachusetts’ marijuana reform law enacted earlier this year.
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