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AB-2697: Allowing Local Governments to Permit Cannabis Drive-Thrus
This law allows local governments to choose whether licensed cannabis retailers with physical storefronts can sell products through drive-thrus using secure windows.
What This Bill Does
- Allows cities and counties to permit licensed retailers or microbusinesses with storefront sales to use drive-throughs, pass-out windows, or slide-out trays.
- Requires that all transactions happen through a fixed-pane security window with a security drawer built into the store building.
- Excludes businesses that only sell cannabis by delivery from using these new rules.
- Excludes businesses that do not have a physical location open to the public for retail sales.
Who It Names or Affects
- Licensed cannabis retailers with storefronts
- Microbusinesses that conduct in-person retail sales
- Local jurisdictions (cities and counties) deciding on local rules
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not force local governments to allow drive-thrus; they can still choose to ban them.
- It is unclear if this change applies immediately since no effective date is listed in the provided source.