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B26-0345 • 2025

Medical Cannabis Conditional Licensure Extension Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

Medical Cannabis Conditional Licensure Extension Temporary 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
2026-01-23
Official status
Official Law
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Medical Cannabis Conditional Licensure Extension Temporary 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 that oversees and regulates alcohol and cannabis-related business licenses in Washington D.C.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This act is temporary and will expire after 225 days of its effective date.
  • It does not change the overall regulations or laws regarding medical cannabis but only extends specific license expiration dates.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-23 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Law L26-0071, Effective from Dec 31, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 000604, Expires on Aug 13, 2026

  2. 2025-11-21 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Act A26-0188 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 012862

  3. 2025-11-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Congress

  4. 2025-11-10 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0188

  5. 2025-11-10 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  6. 2025-10-28 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Nov 12, 2025

  7. 2025-10-21 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  8. 2025-10-10 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Intent to Act on B26-0345 Published in the District of Columbia Register

  9. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  10. 2025-09-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

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

  11. 2025-09-16 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0345 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Medical Cannabis Conditional Licensure Extension Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
AN ACT
D.C. ACT 26-188
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
NOVEMBER 10, 2025
Toamend,onatemporarybasis,theLegalizationofMarijuanaforMedicalTreatmentInitiativeof1999toextendtheexpirationdatesofconditionallicensesformedicalcannabis
cultivationcenters,retailers,internetretailers,manufacturers,couriers,andtestinglaboratoriesforanadditionalyear.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
actmay be citedas the“Medical Cannabis ConditionalLicensureExtensionTemporary
Amendment Actof2025”.
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“shallhave2yearsfromthedateofABCBoardapproval”andinsertingthephrase“shallhaveuntiltheendofthetermoftheconditionallicense”initsplace.(3)Paragraph(4)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“afteraperiodof2years”andinsertingthephrase“beforetheendofthetermoftheconditionallicense”initsplace.(b)Subsection(K-1)isamendedtoreadasfollows:
“(k-1)A one-yearconditionallicensethatwasineffectasofDecember17,2024,and.thatautomaticallyconvertedtoa2-yearconditionallicense,shallautomaticallyconverttoa3-yearconditionallicense,expiring2yearsafterthedatetheoriginalconditionallicensewassettoexpire,atnoadditionalcostandwithoutadditionalABCBoardapproval.”.(©)Subsection(1)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“Aone-yearconditionallicense”andinsertingthephrase“Aconditionallicense”initsplace.
Sec.3.Applicability.ThisactshallapplyasofJune28,2025.
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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
ThisactshallapplyasofJune28,2025.
Sec.4,Fiscalimpactstatement.
‘TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementoftheChiefFinancialOfficerasthefiscalimpactstatementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approvedOctober16,2006(120Stat.2038;D.C.OfficialCode§ 1-301.47a).
Sec.5.Effectivedate.
(a)ThisacttakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobytheMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto)anda30-dayperiodofcongressionalreviewasprovidedinsection602(c)(1)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.$13;D.C.OfficialCode§1-206.02(0)(1)).
(b)Thisactshallexpireafter225daysofitshavingtakeneffect.
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