HB 413 — Marijuana Legalization and Reinvestment Act.
Last action — Passed 1st Reading
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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4Passed Senate
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6Enacted
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced March 17, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.
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In Committee
Current position in the legislative process.
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17 sponsors
3 primary, 14 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (16 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.
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Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
59 added · 58 removedPlain-language change summary
House Bill 413 has been revised to clarify rules regarding cannabis products for adults aged 21 and over. The changes include details on the processing of applications for cannabis establishments and the requirement for local agreements. These amendments are important because they aim to streamline the licensing process and ensure that communities are involved in cannabis business operations, helping to address issues related to regulation and local control.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA H.B.SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 413 Short Title:
413 Mar 17, 2025 SESSION 2025 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK H D HOUSE BILL DRH10183-NLf-22 Short Title:
RepresentativeRepresentatives Lopez.Lopez, Dew, Hawkins, and Harrison (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House March 18, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO LEGALIZE AND REGULATE THE SALE, POSSESSION, AND USE OF CANNABIS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
*DRH10183-NLf-22**H413-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 c.
Page 2 DRH10183-NLf-22House Bill 413-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (10) Consumer.
– A person 21 years of age or older who purchases cannabis or cannabis products for personal use bybypersons persons 21 years of age or older, but not for resale.
– The plant of the genus cannabis and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed three-tenths percent (0.3%) on a drydryweight weight basis of anyanypart part of the plant cannabis, or per volume or weight of cannabis product, or the combined percent of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol and tetrahydrocannabinolic acid in any part of the cannabis plant regardless of moisture content.
(b) Nolaterthan JulyJuly1 1ofeach ofeachyear,theOfficeshallyear,theOfficeshall produceandmakepubliclyproduceand availablemakepubliclyavailable a report on how the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund, Cannabis Enterprise OpportunityFund,andCannabisEducationandTechnicalAssistanceFundwereallocatedduring the prior fiscal year.
DRH10183-NLf-22House Bill 413-First Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (c) No later than November 1 of each year, the Office shall solicit public input on the uses of the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund, Cannabis Enterprise Opportunity Fund, and Cannabis Education and Technical Assistance Fund.
The Office of CommunityCommunityReinvestment Reinvestment shall distribute funds from the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund in a mannerthatimprovesthe well-beingofcommunitiesandindividualsthathave been significantlysignificantlyimpacted impacted by poverty, unemployment, cannabis prohibition, mass incarceration, or systemic racism.
Page 4 DRH10183-NLf-22House Bill 413-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (3) Administering the Cannabis Enterprise Opportunity Fund to issue zero-interest loans and grants to historicallyhistoricallyimpacted impacted applicants and cannabis establishments owned and operated by historically impacted applicants.
(c) The Department maymaybegin beginacceptingand acceptingprocessingapplications and processing applications to operate cannabis establishments from applicants other than historically impacted applicants no earlier than one year and 180 days after the effective date of this Chapter.
(e) Within 120 days afterreceivinganapplicationorrenewal application,theDepartmentapplication, theDepartment shall issue an annual registration or a conditional registration to the applicant, unless the Department finds the applicant is not in compliance with rules enacted by the Department or the Department is notified by the relevant locality that the applicant is not in compliance with ordinances and regulations in effect at the time of application.
DRH10183-NLf-22House Bill 413-First Edition Page 5 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 "§ 18D-301.
(b) Except as provided in this subsection, a locality may prohibit the operation of any or all typesofcannabistypes of cannabis establishments withinitsjurisdiction throughtheenactmentthrough ofanordinance.the enactmentofan ordinance.
A locality's prohibition on cannabis establishments shall not prohibit transportation through the locality or deliveries within the localitylocalitybycannabis by cannabis establishments located in other jurisdictions.
As used in this subsection, a "host communitycommunityagreement" agreement" means an agreement that the cannabis establishment or applicant provide monies, donations, in-kind contributions, services, or anything of value to the locality.
(3) Cannabis cultivation maymayonlyoccur only occur on propertypropertylawfullyin lawfully in possession of the cultivator or with the consent of the person in lawful possession of the property.
Page 6 DRH10183-NLf-22House Bill 413-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (b) It is unlawful to smoke cannabis in an area of an on-site consumption establishment where cannabis smoking is prohibited.
A second or subsequent offense of this section is a Class A1 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to DRH10183-NLf-22House Bill 413-First Edition Page 7 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 five thousand dollars ($5,000), up to 180 days in jail, or both, and forfeiture of the cannabis accessories.
(c) Except as provided in this section, the State nor any of its political subdivisions may denydenyadriverslicense, adriverslicense, aprofessional license,housingassistance, socialservices,social services, orotherbenefits based on cannabis use or for the presence of cannabinoids or cannabinoid metabolites in the urine, blood, saliva, breath, hair, or other tissue or fluid of a person who is 21 years of age or older.
(f) For the purposes of medical care, including organ and tissue transplants, the use of cannabis does not constitute the use of an illicit substance or otherwise disqualify a person from needed medical care and may onlyonlybe be considered with respect to evidence-based clinical criteria.
(g) NotwithstandingNotwithstandinganyprovisionoflawtothecontrary,unless anythereis provision oflawtothecontrary,unlessthereis aspecificfinding that the individual's use, cultivation, or possession of cannabis could create a danger to the individual or another person, it shall not be a violation of conditions of parole, probation, or pretrial release to do either of the following:
Page 8 DRH10183-NLf-22House Bill 413-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (h) This section does not do any of the following:
(3) Authorize anyanyperson person to engage in, and does not prevent the imposition of any civil, criminal, discipline, or other penalties, including discipline or termination by a governmental employer, any task while under the influence of cannabis, when doing so would constitute negligence or professional malpractice.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, engaging in any activities involving cannabis, cannabis accessories, or cannabis products, if the person conducting the activities has obtained a current, valid registration to operate a cannabis establishment or is acting in his or her capacitycapacityas as an owner, employee, or agent of a registered cannabis establishment and the activities are within the scope of activities allowed by the Department for that type of cannabis establishment, is not unlawful and shall not be an offense under State law or be a basis for seizure or forfeiture of assets under State law.
(c) Subsection (b) of this section does not applyapplyif if both of the following requirements are met:
(1) The document that was shown to the person who sold, gave, or otherwise furnished the cannabis, cannabis products, or cannabis accessories was counterfeit, forged, altered, or issued to a person other than the person to DRH10183-NLf-22House Bill 413-First Edition Page 9 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 whom the cannabis, cannabis products, or cannabis accessories were sold, given, or otherwise furnished.
(4) Failing to prohibit cannabis possession or consumption would violate federal law or regulations or cause the landlord to lose amonetaryamonetaryor or licensing-related benefit under federal law or regulations.
It is the public policy of this State that no contract entered into by a cannabis establishment or its employees or agents as permitted pursuant to avalid registration,orbythosewhoregistration,orbythosewhoallowpropertyto allowpropertytobeused beusedbyacannabisbya cannabis establishment, its employees, or its agents as permitted pursuant to a valid registration, shall be unenforceable on the basis that cultivating, obtaining, manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, transporting, selling, possessing, or using cannabis or hemp is prohibited by federal law.
Page 10 DRH10183-NLf-22House Bill 413-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (b) No agency or political subdivision of the State may rely on a violation of federal law related to cannabis as the sole basis for taking an adverse action against a person.
The system must reflect input from the Office of Community Reinvestment and shall include, but need not be limited to, considerations of diversity in the cannabis establishment's ownershipand workforce,includingworkforce,includingin in management;
(4) A limit on the number of cannabis establishments a major investor maymayinvest invest in, unless each additional establishment is owned and operated by a historically impacted applicant.
(5) A schedule of reasonable application, registration, and renewal fees, provided application fees shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), with this DRH10183-NLf-22House Bill 413-First Edition Page 11 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 upper limit adjusted annually for inflation, unless the Department determines a greater fee is necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this Chapter.
(6) Qualifications for registration that are directlydirectlyand anddemonstrablyrelated demonstrably related to the operation of a cannabis establishment and that may not disqualify applicants solely for cannabis offenses prior to the effective date of this Chapter.
Page 12 DRH10183-NLf-22House Bill 413-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (19) Regulations governing visits to cannabis cultivation facilities and cannabis product manufacturing facilities,including requiring the cannabis establishment to log visitors.
(b) After consulting with researchers knowledgeable about the risks and benefits of cannabis and providing an opportunity for public comment, the Department shall develop a scientificallyscientificallyaccurate accuratesafetyinformation safety information label, handout, or both, which shall be available to each adult-use cannabis consumer.
(c) The Department shall review and update the safetysafetyinformation information materials at least once every two years to ensure they remain accurate.
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(d) Inordertoensurethatindividualprivacyisprotected,theDepartmentshallnotrequire a consumer to provide a retail cannabis store with personal information other than government-issued identification to determinetheconsumer's ageandageandaretail aretail cannabis storeshall not be required to acquire and record personal information about consumers.
DRH10183-NLf-22House Bill 413-First Edition Page 13 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 "§ 18D-501.
(d) On the fifteenth day of each month, every cannabis establishment that sells cannabis to consumers shall paypaythe the local option taxes due on the cannabis that the cannabis establishment sold in the prior calendar month.
(e) The tax imposed bybythis this section is separate from and in addition to the cannabis excise tax authorized under G.S.
(6) Two percent (2%)shall bedistributedto the Department ofHealthand Human Services to fund diverse scientific, academic, or medical research on cannabis or endocannabinoids, including research exploring the benefits of cannabis, provided that all funded research data, results, and papers shall be released Page 14 DRH10183-NLf-22House Bill 413-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 into the public domain and shall be published for free and open access by the public and by other researchers.
(e) AnyAnyother other applicable State or local government agencyagencyshall shall expunge from its records entries made as a result of the conviction ordered expunged under this section.
… DRH10183-NLf-22House Bill 413-First Edition Page 15 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (b) Except as provided in subsections (h) and (i) of this section, any person who violates G.S.
90-95(a)(1) on property used for a child care center, or for an elementary or secondarysecondaryschool school or within 1,000 feet of the boundaryboundaryof of real propertypropertyused used for a child care center, or for an elementary or secondary school shall be punished as a Class E felon.
… (h) Notwithstanding anyanyother other provision of law, the following provisions apply except as otherwise provided in this Article:
Page 16 DRH10183-NLf-22House Bill 413-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (1) Any person who sells, manufactures, delivers, transports, or possesses in excess of 10 pounds (avoirdupois) of marijuana shall be guilty of a felony which felony shall be known as "trafficking in marijuana" and if the quantity of such substance involved:
(a) As used in this Article, "drug paraphernalia" means all equipment, products and materials of anyanykind kind that are used to facilitate, or intended or designed to facilitate, violations of the Controlled Substances Act, including planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, and concealing controlled substances and injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing controlled substances into the human body.
DRH10183-NLf-22House Bill 413-First Edition Page 17 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 … (3) Dealer.
Page 18 DRH10183-NLf-22House Bill 413-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (1) Harvested mature marijuana stalks when separated from and not mixed with any other parts of the marijuana plant.
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Action History
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Passed 1st Reading
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Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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Filed
Sponsors
- Brian Turner · Cosponsor
- James Roberson · Cosponsor
- Renée A. Price · Cosponsor
- Lindsey Prather · Cosponsor
- Rodney D. Pierce · Cosponsor
- Allison A. Dahle · Cosponsor
- Sarah Crawford · Cosponsor
- Tracy Clark · Cosponsor
- Maria Cervania · Cosponsor
- Deb Butler · Cosponsor
- Mary Belk · Cosponsor
- Eric Ager · Cosponsor
- Pricey Harrison · Cosponsor
- Zack Hawkins · Primary
- Aisha O. Dew · Primary
- Jordan Lopez · Primary
- Neal Jackson · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →3 sponsors · 14 co-sponsors · 162 not signed on
Sponsors (3)
- Zack Hawkins Democratic
- Aisha O. Dew Democratic
- Jordan Lopez Democratic
Co-sponsors (14)
- Brian Turner Democratic
- James Roberson Democratic
- Renée A. Price Democratic
- Lindsey Prather Democratic
- Rodney D. Pierce Democratic
- Allison A. Dahle Democratic
- Sarah Crawford Democratic
- Tracy Clark Democratic
- Maria Cervania Democratic
- Deb Butler Democratic
- Mary Belk Democratic
- Eric Ager Democratic
- Pricey Harrison Democratic
- Neal Jackson Republican
Not signed on (162)
162 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 413?
- HB 413 is sponsored by Brian Turner (Democratic), James Roberson (Democratic), Renée A. Price (Democratic), Lindsey Prather (Democratic), Rodney D. Pierce (Democratic), Allison A. Dahle (Democratic), Sarah Crawford (Democratic), Tracy Clark (Democratic), Maria Cervania (Democratic), Deb Butler (Democratic), Mary Belk (Democratic), Eric Ager (Democratic), Pricey Harrison (Democratic), Zack Hawkins (Democratic), Aisha O. Dew (Democratic), Jordan Lopez (Democratic), and Neal Jackson (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 413?
- This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced March 17, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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