A California Assembly committee has approved a Senate-passed bill to legalize marijuana cafes, allowing dispensaires to offer non-cannabis food and drinks at their location if they receive local approval.
About a month after the legislation from Sen. Ben Allen (D) cleared the Senate, the Assembly Business and Professions Committee advanced it on Tuesday in a 15-2 vote. The measure now heads to the Governmental Organization Committee before potentially moving to the floor.
The bill is largely consistent with a separate proposal to authorize cannabis cafes that passed on the Assembly floor late last month.
Under the proposal, retailers and microbusinesses that receive authorization from local governments would be able to allow adults 21 and older to smoke, vaporize and ingest cannabis products on their premises, where visitors could also prepare and sell “noncannabis food or beverage products.”
Social use sites would need to restrict access to those under 21, keep cannabis consumption out of public view and prohibit the use of alcohol and tobacco in order to obtain local approval.
Localities could also “allow for the sale of prepackaged, noncannabis-infused, nonalcoholic food and beverages” at licensed retailers if those condition are met.
One key difference between the Senate bill and
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