The march toward legalizing recreational marijuana sales in Virginia continues on, with the full House of Delegates and a Senate committee advancing a pair of companion bills to create a regulated adult-use cannabis market in the Commonwealth.
The House on Tuesday passed a Senate-approved cannabis sales bill on second reading, teeing it up for final passage in the chamber. Earlier in the day, a House companion measure moved through the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee in a 10-5 vote, sending the measure to the floor for consideration.
Both chambers’ marijuana sales proposals are aimed at giving adults a legal means of buying cannabis, the possession and home cultivation of which was legalized in the state in 2021—though there are key differences between them.
The measures in both chambers—HB 642 and SB 542—were recently amended to stipulate that microbusiness licensees can cultivate, process or conduct retail sales at up to two locations instead of one, so long as they’re located within 10 miles of each other and operate under common ownership and control.
Lawmakers have also revised the legislation to clarify that current medical cannabis businesses would only be able to cultivate cannabis indoors, including in secure greenhouses with a total
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