Signed by Governor Kate Brown

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that prohibits minors from purchasing products containing delta-8 THC outside of Oregon's regulated adult-use cannabis market, in places such as grocery and convenience stores.

Highlights:

• Classifies an “adult use cannabis item” as (Sec. 1-2):

• A marijuana item; or

• An industrial hemp commodity or product that exceeds:

• The concentration of adult use cannabinoids established by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, in consultation with the Oregon Health Authority and the State Department of Agriculture, by rule; or

• The greater of:

• A concentration of more than 0.3 percent total delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol; or

• The concentration of total delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol allowed under federal law.

• Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules (Sec. 9-1):

• Establishing standards for testing marijuana items; and

• Identifying appropriate tests for marijuana items, depending on the type of marijuana item and the manner in which the marijuana item was produced or processed, that are necessary to protect the public health and safety, including, but not limited to, tests for:

• Microbiological contaminants;

• Pesticides;

• Other contaminants;

• Solvents or residual solvents; and

• Adult use cannabinoid and cannabidiol concentration.

• Authorizes the state Department of Agriculture to mandate fingerprints of any individual listed on an application including (Sec. 14):

• If the applicant is a limited partnership, each partner of the limited partnership;

• If the applicant is a limited liability company, each member of the limited liability company;

• If the applicant is a corporation, each director and officer of the corporation;

• Any individual who is a partner, member, director or officer of an entity with a financial interest in the applicant; and

• Other key participants with the applicant, as identified by the department by rule.

• Establishes the Task Force on Cannabis-Derived Intoxicants (Sec. 37-1).

• Requires the task force to consider the following (Sec. 37-3):

• Changes to state law to support the regulation of intoxicating cannabis-derived products and artificially derived cannabinoids;

• The consolidation of administrative functions related to the regulation of cannabis;

• Methods to prevent sales to minors of industrial hemp commodities or products that contain intoxicating cannabinoids;

• Regulation to address genetic engineering of cannabis;

• Testing requirements and methods of enforcement of testing requirements for cannabinoids, including artificially derived cannabinoids, to protect the public health and safety;

• Policy changes related to interstate commerce and transportation of cannabis;

• Changes to state regulation of cannabis as a result of federal laws; and

• Input from marijuana and industrial hemp industry members.

• Requires the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, in consultation with the State Department of Agriculture, shall develop by rule a methodology to distinguish whether a cannabis plant is marijuana or industrial hemp. The methodology must include testing criteria and cannabinoid concentrations above which immature or mature cannabis plants are presumptively considered to be marijuana (Sec. 41.a-1).

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