Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of persons and establishments in the cannabis industry in this State by the Cannabis Compliance Board. (Title 56 of NRS) Section 6 of this bill authorizes an agent of the Board to issue a hold order for cannabis or a cannabis product to prohibit a person from transferring or moving the cannabis or cannabis product without the approval of the Board or an agent of the Board only in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board. Section 6 requires the Board to adopt such regulations governing hold orders and sets forth certain requirements for the content of those regulations. Existing law defines “adult-use cannabis production facility” and “medical cannabis production facility” to mean a business that acquires, possesses, manufactures, delivers, transfers, supplies or sells adult-use cannabis products to adult-use cannabis retail stores or medical cannabis products to medical cannabis dispensaries, as applicable. (NRS 678A.060, 678A.205) Sections 8 and 9 of this bill revise those definitions to allow an adult-use cannabis production facility and medical cannabis production facility to engage in the acquisition, possession, packaging, supplying or selling of usable cannabis to adult-use cannabis retail stores or medical cannabis dispensaries, as applicable. Sections 5 and 17 of this bill revise the definition of “usable cannabis” set forth under existing law to exclude the seeds of a plant of the genus Cannabis and apply this definition throughout the provisions of existing law governing the medical and adult use of cannabis. Section 15 of this bill makes a conforming change to eliminate a reference to a provision that was repealed in section 17. Existing law authorizes the Board to adopt regulations setting forth requirements relating to the packaging and labeling of cannabis and cannabis products. (NRS 678A.450) Section 10 of this bill prohibits those requirements from requiring: (1) a package of cannabis or cannabis products which is sold at wholesale to contain any label or tag other than a label or tag necessary for the functionality of any computer software used for the seed-to-sale tracking of cannabis adopted by the Board; and (2) a cannabis establishment to include any information on the label for any cannabis or a cannabis product that is already included on the packaging for the cannabis or cannabis product. Section 14 of this bill revises requirements concerning the labeling of cannabis products for the purpose of allowing information required to be included on a label to instead be included on packaging. Sections 3 and 4 define the terms “label” and “packaging” for the purposes of the provisions of existing law governing the medical and adult use of cannabis. Section 12 of this bill requires the Board to develop and maintain standardized checklists for any item for which the Board requires a licensee to obtain the approval of the Board before it is used by the licensee. Section 13 of this bill requires the Board to post on its Internet website a list of frequently asked questions pertaining to the operations of licensees. Existing law requires an adult-use cannabis product to be sold in a single package. (NRS 678D.420) Section 16 of this bill provides that cannabis, as well as adult-use cannabis products, sold to a consumer must be sold in a single package and revises requirements concerning the amount of usable cannabis and THC that a single package may contain. Section 16 requires a single package containing an infused pre-roll, as defined in section 1 of this bill, to contain a net weight of not more than 7 grams.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 678D.420
Reprint 1: 678A.010, 678A.060, 678A.205, 678A.450, 678B.520, 678D.005, 678D.420
BDR: 678D.420