“We’re hopeful that once we get the go-ahead with the appropriate people that we can get the process moving again.”
By Christopher Shea, Rhode Island Current
Now that Rhode Island has eliminated the residency requirement for recreational pot shop owners, the state’s Cannabis Control Commission is asking a federal judge to undo the court order that halted its first round of applications.
Gov. Dan McKee (D) on June 10 signed a pair of bills to undo a provision in the original 2022 Rhode Island Cannabis Act that required cannabis retailers be majority-owned by Rhode Island resident. The new law voids the original application process and kickstarts a new one.
Under the new law, applicants are defined as a person or a business who has “made an application for issuance of a license or certificate to own or engage in a cannabis business.”
The legislation also removes any Rhode Island references in the eligibility criteria for applying for one of six social equity licenses, which are reserved for those adversely affected by the war on drugs. Now businesses must be majority owned by one or more people who can show they were disproportionally impacted by criminal enforcement of past prohibitions, including being
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