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An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3143 By: Cornwell, Turner, Lepak,
Wolfley and Roberts of the
House
and
Alvord of the Senate
An Act relating to medical marijuana; amending
Section 2, Chapter 342, O.S.L. 2022, as amended by
Section 6, Chapter 168, O.S.L. 2023, and Section 2,
Chapter 342, O.S.L. 2024 (63 O.S. Supp. 2025,
Sections 427.14a and 427.14c), which relate to the
Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection
Act; modifying dates for moratorium; deleting
requirement to review and process applications by
certain date; updating internal effective dates;
providing restrictions for submitting applications to
transfer ownership of medical marijuana businesses;
requiring completion of administrative actions or
appeals prior to submitting transfer applications;
establishing time limitation for submitting
applications following license annulments,
revocations, or suspensions; deleting time limitation
and requirement for submitting new applications;
deleting certain refund requirement; and providing an
effective date.
SUBJECT: Medical marijuana
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 2, Chapter 342, O.S.L.
2022, as amended by Section 6, Chapter 168, O.S.L. 2023 (63 O.S.
Supp. 2025, Section 427.14a), is amended to read as follows:
Section 427.14a. A. Beginning August 1, 2022 August 1, 2026,
and ending August 1, 2026 August 1, 2028, the Oklahoma Medical
Marijuana Authority shall, based on the number of current medical
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marijuana business licenses for dispensaries, processors, and
commercial growers, declare and establish a extend the moratorium on
processing and issuing new medical marijuana business licenses for
dispensaries, processors, and commercial growers. The Executive
Director of the Authority shall be authorized to terminate the
moratorium at any time prior to August 1, 2026 August 1, 2028, if
the Executive Director determines that all pending licensing
reviews, inspections, or investigations have been completed by the
Authority.
B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the
renewal of a medical marijuana business license for a dispensary,
processor, or commercial grower under the provisions of Section
427.14 of this title or to the issuance of a medical marijuana
business license necessitated by a change in the ownership or
location of a medical marijuana dispensary, medical marijuana
processor, or medical marijuana commercial grower; provided,
however, the Authority shall be authorized to deny the request for
issuance of a medical marijuana business license due to a change in
ownership if the licensee is subject to any disciplinary action that
may necessitate the revocation, suspension, or nonrenewal of the
medical marijuana business license.
C. The Authority shall review and process applications for
medical marijuana business licenses for dispensaries, processors,
and commercial growers if applications were received on or before
August 1, 2022.
D. The Authority shall promulgate rules as necessary to
implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY Section 2, Chapter 342, O.S.L.
2024 (63 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 427.14c), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 427.14c. A. After the effective date of this act, no
No medical marijuana business shall be transferred without written
approval of an application by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
Authority.
B. A licensee intending to transfer ownership of a medical
marijuana business shall submit an application to the Authority.
Upon approval by the Authority, the applicant shall submit all
necessary documentation to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics
and Dangerous Drugs Control (OBNDD) consistent with an application
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for a registration pursuant to the Uniform Controlled Dangerous
Substances Act and rules promulgated by OBNDD, including the
approved application issued by the Authority. The medical marijuana
business license and the OBNDD registration of the original owner
shall terminate fifteen (15) business days after issuance of the new
OBNDD registration. Upon approval of the new registration by OBNDD,
the prior owner and new owner shall effectuate the transfer of
medical marijuana products utilizing the state authorized seed-to-
sale tracking system within fifteen (15) business days.
C. Nothing in this section shall prevent the Authority from
denying an application, or the OBNDD from denying an application, to
register pursuant to the laws and rules of this state. In addition,
any medical marijuana business licensee intending to transfer
ownership of a medical marijuana business shall be prohibited from
submitting an application for said transfer if the licensee is
subject to any administrative action that may necessitate a
revocation, suspension, or nonrenewal of the medical marijuana
business license or OBNDD registration. Any pending administrative
action or appeal of an adverse determination by the Authority or by
the OBNDD concerning the medical marijuana business licensee or
registrant shall be completed in full prior to submitting an
application for a transfer of the medical marijuana business. If
the medical marijuana business license or OBNDD registration is
annulled, revoked, or suspended due to an administrative action, the
medical marijuana business licensee shall be prohibited from
applying for a transfer of the medical marijuana business for not
less than six (6) months after completion of the annulment,
revocation, or suspension term.
Application or registration denial shall not affect the existing
licensee and registrant. The existing licensee and registrant shall
be required to submit timely and sufficient renewal applications for
the business to continue to operate during the pendency of any
business transfer.
D. Nothing in this section shall authorize any new owner to
take possession of medical marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate,
or medical marijuana product or exercise control over any activities
involving the medical marijuana business unless and until the
application has been approved by the Authority and the new ownership
is registered with OBNDD.
E. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the prospective new
owners from being employed by the current owner during the transfer
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process so long as the prospective new owner holds all proper
employee credentials in accordance with Section 427.14b of Title 63
of the Oklahoma Statutes this title.
F. The new medical marijuana business owner shall provide the
Authority with a detailed inventory of any and all items enumerated
in the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act
including, but not limited to, all seeds, plant tissue, clones,
plants, usable medical marijuana or trim, leaves, and other plant
matter, batches of extract, medical marijuana, medical marijuana
concentrate, and medical marijuana products upon taking control of
the business.
G. Any attempt to transfer a medical marijuana business,
medical marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate, or medical
marijuana products of a medical marijuana business without approval
from the Authority shall be grounds for revocation or nonrenewal of
the license and denial, revocation, or nonrenewal of current or
future licenses or license applications with ownership held by any
such person involved in the unlawful transfer.
H. The application fee shall be the annual license or
application fee established under Section 427.14 of Title 63 of the
Oklahoma Statutes this title for medical marijuana business license
types.
I. Any medical marijuana business with a pending application to
transfer a business license on the effective date of this act shall
have thirty (30) days from the effective date of this act to submit
a new application pursuant to this section. The Authority shall
refund the application fee to any applicant with a pending
application to transfer upon receipt of the new application.
J. The Authority shall promulgate rules necessary for the
approval and denial of transfers of medical marijuana businesses.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective August 1, 2026.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 25th day of February,
2026.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 29th day of April, 2026.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________