HB 611 — Issue medical marijuana processor cultivation, dispensary license

As ReportedPassed by the House Judiciary Committee 136th General Assembly Regular Session Sub.

Representatives Mathews, A., OdiosoOdioso, Abdullahi, Abrams, Brennan, Brent, Bryant Bailey, Cockley, Fischer, Glassburn, Grim, Isaacsohn, Lawson- Rowe, Mohamed, Ray, Salvo, Sigrist, Sims, Synenberg, Tims, Williams, Willis To amend sections 3796.01 and 3796.21 and to enact 1 section 3796.25 of the Revised Code to issue 2 paired cultivator and dispensary licenses to 3 certain medical marijuana processors.

17 (4) "Drug database" means the database established and 18 Sub.

611 Page 2 As ReportedPassed by the House Judiciary(4) Committee"Drug database" means the database established and 18 maintained by the state board of pharmacy pursuant to section 19 4729.75 of the Revised Code.

41 (o)Sub. Positive status for HIV;

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611 Page 3 As ReportedPassed by the House Judiciary(o) CommitteePositive (p)status Post-traumaticfor stressHIV; disorder;

42 (p) Post-traumatic stress disorder;

68 (12) "Public park" means a park established by the state 69 Sub.

611 Page 4 As ReportedPassed by the House Judiciary(12) Committee"Public park" means a park established by the state 69 or a political subdivision of the state, including a county, 70 township, municipal corporation, or park district.

of the Revised Code, as that chapter existed immediately 96 before the effective date of this amendmentMarch 20, 2026, that 97 establishes the conditions that must be met before the 98 Sub.

611 Page 5 As ReportedPassed by the House Judiciaryestablishes Committeethe conditions that must be met before the 98 provisional license holder may engage in the activities 99 authorized by section 3796.18, 3796.19, 3796.20, or 3796.21 of 100 the Revised Code.

125 of the Revised Code, as that chapter existed immediately before 126 the effective date of this amendmentMarch 20, 2026, to engage in 127 Sub.

611 Page 6 As ReportedPassed by the House Judiciarythe Committeeeffective date of this amendmentMarch 20, 2026, to engage in 127 the activities authorized by section 3796.21 of the Revised 128 Code.

(A) Notwithstanding any conflicting 155 provision of the Revised Code, a licensed laboratory, including 156 Sub.

611 Page 7 As ReportedPassed by the House Judiciaryprovision Committeeof the Revised Code, a licensed laboratory, including 156 the holder of a current, valid laboratory license issued under 157 this chapter before the effective date of this amendmentMarch 158 20, 2026, shall do both of the following:

182 (1) The applicant is a licensed processor that was issued 183 Sub.

611 Page 8 As ReportedPassed by the House Judiciary(1) CommitteeThe applicant is a licensed processor that was issued 183 a processor license pursuant to this chapter on or before 184 December 7, 2023.

207 (2) A licensed paired cultivator may request and receive 208 one or more expansions to the licensed paired cultivator's 209 cultivation area, subject to the approval of the division, so 210 long as the resulting total cultivation area, including all 211 Sub.

611 Page 9 As ReportedPassed by the House Judiciarylong Committeeas the resulting total cultivation area, including all 211 expansions, does not exceed the applicable maximum cultivation 212 area prescribed by division (E)(1) of this section.