FINAL BILL REPORT

HB 2474

C 43 L 18

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description: Modifying marijuana product labeling requirements.

Sponsors: Representatives Condotta, Sawyer and Kloba.

House Committee on Commerce & Gaming

Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce

Background:

Initiative 502 of 2012, which legalized recreational marijuana in the state, required the Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) to adopt rules determining the nature, form, and capacity of all containers used by licensees to contain marijuana, marijuana concentrates, useable marijuana, and marijuana-infused products (marijuana), and labeling requirements for the containers.

The LCB's rules must include the following labeling requirements for marijuana products sold at retail:

• the business or trade name and Unified Business Identifier (UBI) number of the licensees that processed and sold the marijuana;

• lot numbers of the marijuana;

• the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration and cannabidiol (CBD) concentration of the marijuana;

• medically and scientifically accurate information about the health and safety risks posed by marijuana use; and

• the statement "Warning—May be habit forming[,]" which is required pursuant to a separate state law on the misbranding of drugs.

By rule, the LCB requires additional labeling information like product weight, a statement disclosing all pesticides applied to the marijuana plants and growing medium during production and processing, and all of the following warning statements:

• "Warning: This product has intoxicating effects and may be habit forming. Smoking is hazardous to your health";

• "There may be health risks associated with consumption of this product";

• "Should not be used by women that are pregnant or breast feeding";

• "For use only by adults twenty-one and older. Keep out of reach of children"; and

• "Marijuana can impair concentration, coordination, and judgment. Do not operate a vehicle or machinery under the influence of this drug[.]"

Summary:

The label on a marijuana product container sold at retail must include the business or trade name and UBI number of the marijuana producer and processor that produced and processed the marijuana product.

The label on a marijuana product container sold at retail is not required to include the business or trade name or UBI number of, or any information about, the marijuana retailer selling the marijuana product.

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