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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

The official text contains conflicting dates: Section 3 says the act applies as of June 28, 2025, but Section 5(a) states it takes effect only after Mayor approval and a 30-day congressional review period.

Medical Cannabis Conditional Licensure Extension Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

This law temporarily extends the maximum length of conditional licenses for medical cannabis businesses in Washington, D.C., from two years to three years.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the rule so new conditional licenses can last up to 3 years instead of just 2 years.
  • Updates rules so that existing one-year licenses automatically become 3-year licenses without extra cost or approval.
  • Adjusts deadlines for businesses to finish requirements before their license term ends, rather than after exactly 2 years.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Medical cannabis cultivation centers
  • Retailers and internet retailers selling medical cannabis
  • Manufacturers of medical cannabis products
  • Couriers for medical cannabis
  • Testing laboratories for medical cannabis

Terms To Know

Conditional license
A temporary permit that allows a business to operate while it meets specific requirements before getting a full, permanent license.
ABC Board
The board mentioned in the law that approves these licenses and whose approval is no longer needed for certain automatic conversions.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This law expires automatically after 225 days from when it takes effect.
  • The specific start date depends on Mayor approval and a required 30-day review period by Congress, even though the act applies as of June 28, 2025.

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

Read the full stored bill text 
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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