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B26-0344 • 2025

Medical Cannabis Conditional Licensure Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Medical Cannabis Conditional Licensure Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Healthcare
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
at the request of the Mayor
Last action
2025-10-23
Official status
Enacted
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Medical Cannabis Conditional Licensure Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

This act extends the expiration dates for conditional licenses related to medical cannabis cultivation, retailing, manufacturing, and testing in Washington D.C. for an additional year.

What This Bill Does

  • Extends the validity period of conditional licenses from two years to up to three years.
  • Changes the timeline for license holders to have until the end of their conditional license term instead of a fixed two-year period.
  • Allows one-year conditional licenses that automatically converted to two-year licenses on December 17, 2024, to now convert to three-year licenses without additional costs or approvals.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Medical cannabis cultivation centers
  • Retailers and internet retailers of medical cannabis
  • Manufacturers of medical cannabis products
  • Testing laboratories that test medical cannabis

Terms To Know

Conditional license
A temporary permit given to businesses involved in the medical cannabis industry, allowing them to operate under certain conditions.
ABC Board
The Alcohol Beverage Regulation Administration (ABC) Board of Washington D.C., which oversees licensing and regulation for alcohol and other controlled substances including medical cannabis.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This act is effective until January 21, 2026.
  • It applies as of June 28, 025.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-23 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0163, Expires on Jan 21, 2026

  2. 2025-10-23 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  3. 2025-10-15 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Oct 29, 2025

  4. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  5. 2025-09-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council with comments from the Committee on Business and Economic Development

  6. 2025-09-16 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0344 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Medical Cannabis Conditional Licensure Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
AN ACT
D.C. ACT 26-163
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
OCTOBER 23, 2025
Toamend,onanemergencybasis,theLegalizationofMarijuanaforMedicalTreatment
Initiativeof 1999 to extendtheexpirationdatesofconditionallicensesformedical
cannabiscultivationcenters,retailers,internetretailers,manufacturers,couriers,and
testinglaboratoriesforanadditionalyear.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
actmay be citedas the“Medical Cannabis ConditionalLicensureExtensionEmergency
Amendment Act of 2025”.
Sec.2.Section7oftheLegalizationofMarijuanaforMedicalTreatmentInitiativeof1999,effectiveJuly27,2010(D.C.Law18-210;D.C.OfficialCode§7-1671.06),isamendedasfollows:
(a)Subsection(k)isamendedasfollows:
(1)Paragraph(1)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“a2-yearconditionallicense”andinsertingthephrase“aconditionallicensevalidforupto3years”initsplace.
(2)Paragraph(2)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“shallhave2yearsfromthedateofABC Boardapproval”andinsertingthephrase“shallhaveuntiltheendofthetermoftheconditionallicense”initsplace.
(3)Paragraph(4)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“afteraperiodof2 years”andinsertingthephrase“beforetheendofthetermoftheconditionallicense”initsplace.
(b)Subsection(K-1)isamendedtoreadasfollows:
“(K-1)A one-yearconditionallicensethatwasineffectasofDecember17,2024,andthatautomaticallyconvertedtoa2-yearconditionallicense,shallautomaticallyconverttoa3-yearconditionallicense,expiring2yearsafterthedatetheoriginalconditionallicensewassettoexpire,atnoadditionalcostandwithoutadditionalABCBoardapproval.”
(©)Subsection(1)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“Aone-yearconditionallicense”andinsertingthephrase“Aconditionallicense”initsplace.

ENROLLED ORIGINAL
Sec.3.Applicability.
ThisactshallapplyasofJune28,2025.
Sec.4,Fiscalimpactstatement.‘TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementoftheChiefFinancialOfficerasthefiscal
impactstatementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approvedOctober16,2006(120Stat.2038;D.C.OfficialCode§ 1-301.47a).
Sec.5.Effectivedate.
ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobythe
Mayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto),andshallremainineffectfornolongerthan90days,asprovidedforemergencyactsoftheCouneiloftheDistrictofColumbiainsection412(a)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.788;
D.C.OfficialCode§1-204.12(a)).
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Councilof theDistrictof Columbia

Districtbf ColumbiAPPROVED
OCTOBER 23, 2025

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