A bill that would allow California marijuana stores to offer drive-thru windows to serve customers is advancing in the state legislature.
The measure, which cleared the Assembly Business and Professions Committee in a 17-2 vote on Tuesday, says that licensed cannabis retailers and microbusinesses with storefronts can sell marijuana products “to a customer in a motor vehicle in a drive-through located on the premises.”
Under AB 2697 from Assemblymember Gail Pellerin (D), cannabis businesses would need approval from the local jurisdictions in which they operate in order to add the drive-thru option.
“Under current regulations, licensed cannabis retailers can offer curbside pickup as a remnant of the COVID pandemic adaptations. Despite this, licensed retailers generally cannot fulfill orders for customers sitting in their car in a drive through,” Pellerin told colleagues ahead of the committee vote. “AB 2697 seeks to address this regulatory inconsistency by allowing drive through cannabis sales subject to the local jurisdictions’ approval.”
“Restrictions of the bill provide that these sales be done through a fixed pane, security window and security drawer and available for walk-in storefronts only,” she said. “Along with addressing regulatory inconsistency, this bill will make legal cannabis more accessible and helps the legal
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