B 25-0902 — Medical Cannabis Clarification and Non-Resident Patient Access Emergency Amendment Act of 2024

2ENROLLED ______________________________ORIGINAL CouncilmemberAN KenyanACT R._________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________ To amend, on an emergency basis, the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 to allow the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Board (“ABC Board”) to issue temporary non-resident registration identification cards that are valid for periods between 3 days and no longer than one year in length, allow licensed testing laboratories to receive and test samples of medical cannabis products from qualifying patients, allow licensed testing laboratories to conduct quality assurance or research and development testing for cultivation centers and manufacturers, amend the definition of a social equity applicant to include arrests and convictions of qualifying family members for a cannabis or drug offense, expand the list of eligible family members under the social equity applicant definition to include siblings and grandparents, clarify that existing licensed cultivation centers and retailers and applicants that scored 150 points or more during the open application period that occurred between November 29, 2021 and March 28, 2022, that are authorized by statute to receive a cultivation center, manufacturer, or retailer license apart from a designated open application period are not counted in calculating the 50% set aside requirement, clarify that the 5 cultivation center registration applicants that scored 150 points or more during the same open application period shall automatically receive a manufacturer license provided that they pay the annual fee and register with the ABC Board, allow the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration to issue conditional licenses to testing laboratory applicants, and to waive the application fee for testing laboratory licenses.

McDuffie 5 7 A BILL 9 _________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________ To amend, on an emergency basis, the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 to allow the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Board (“ABC Board”) to issue temporary non-resident registration identification cards that are valid for periods between 3 days and no longer than one year in length, allow licensed testing laboratories to receive and test samples of medical cannabis products from qualifying patients, allow licensed testing laboratories to conduct quality assurance or research and development testing for cultivation centers and manufacturers, amend the definition of a social equity applicant to include arrests and convictions of qualifying family members for a cannabis or drug offense, expand the list of eligible family members under the social equity applicant definition to include siblings and grandparents, clarify that existing licensed cultivation centers and retailers and applicants that scored 150 points or more during the open application period that occurred between November 29, 2021 and March 28, 2022, that are authorized by statute to receive a cultivation center, manufacturer, or retailer license apart from a designated open application period are not counted in calculating the 50% set aside requirement, clarify that the 5 cultivation center registration applicants that scored 150 points or more during the same open application period shall automatically receive a manufacturer license provided that they pay the annual fee and register with the ABC Board, allow the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration to issue conditional licenses to testing laboratory applicants, and to waive the application fee for testing laboratory licenses.

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(1) Paragraph (13B)(B) is amended by striking the phrase “30-day registration ENROLLED ORIGINAL identification card” and inserting the phrase "registration identification card valid for periods established by the ABC Board by rulemaking, which are between 3 days and no longer than one year in length” in its place.

except, that the ABC Board shall be authorized to 85ENROLLED ORIGINAL convert a one-year conditional license to 2 years for a cultivation center or manufacturer that does not currently have a proposed location.”.

“This act shall take effect after approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto),veto) and a 30-day period of congressional review as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.

Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)),1-206.02(c)(1)).”. and publication in the District of Columbia Register.”.

This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than 90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section 412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.

ENROLLED ORIGINAL ______________________________ Chairman Council of the District of Columbia _________________________________ Mayor District of Columbia 4