Latest Cannabis News: January 7, 2026

Stay up to date with the latest legalization and cannabis news with the C.B. Advisors. Every week, we will release a snippet of what’s happening with each state in the cannabis industry. Did you miss last week? No worries – click here for last week’s cannabis news.

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Tennessee: A Tennessee lawmaker says residents should be able to grow marijuana at home as the state’s 2026 legislative session approaches. State Representative Antonio Parkinson released his legislative agenda for the upcoming 2026 session, which includes a bill that would allow Tennesseans to grow marijuana. He is naming it the Freedom to Farm Act. If passed, the legislation would allow one adult in each household to grow 15 marijuana plants on their property. The legislation would still make it illegal to sell and distribute marijuana, but legal to possess marijuana that individuals have grown themselves.

Source: https://www.wbir.com/article/news/state/tennessee-lawmaker-proposes-freedom-to-farm-act-to-allow-home-marijuana-cultivation/51-a4b0471e-f826-4d47-9260-196830e19da4

Wisconsin: As advocates hold out hope for some form of legalization in the state, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) said he thinks “we are not there” in terms of having enough votes to advance even a medical cannabis bill through his chamber at this point, despite characterizing himself as a supporter of patients’ access to marijuana “for almost a decade now.” While there’s been splintering on the issue between the two chambers of the legislature, a Senate panel recently took up a Republican-led bill that would legalize medical marijuana in the state… He [Vos] added that the cannabis bill filed by his Republican leadership counterpart in the Senate is “unlikely” to pass his chamber because it is “way too broad and way too wide-ranging.”

Source: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/top-wisconsin-gop-lawmaker-says-state-isnt-ready-to-legalize-medical-marijuana-criticizing-trumps-rescheduling-move/

Medical

Alabama: The commission in the coming weeks will consider the license for a fourth dispensary (January 26, 2026). The commission has now issued licenses to cultivators, processors and dispensaries. However, licenses have not been issued for five integrated “seed-to-sale” licenses where companies grow, process and operate their own dispensaries. The fight over the integrated licenses has spun multiple lawsuits.

Source: https://www.apr.org/news/2026-01-03/alabama-clamps-down-on-marijuana-use-while-preparing-to-license-medical-cannabis-vendors

Florida: Attorney General James Uthmeier and two major business groups have urged the Florida Supreme Court to reject a proposed recreational-marijuana constitutional amendment, arguing it is misleading and conflicts with federal law. Smart & Safe Florida faces a January 12 deadline for filing arguments with the Supreme Court. The political committee must also submit at least 880,062 valid petition signatures to the state by Feb 1.

Source: https://www.fox13news.com/news/floridas-pot-proposal-called-fatally-flawed-state-attorney-general

Nebraska: Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission approved a new round of emergency regulations Monday night. Commissioners also approved one cultivator license during their meeting. They are still tweaking some of the rules regarding applications for the supply process. The commission said the new emergency regulations will go into effect as soon as Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signs them. Commissioners will also hold a second hearing on the new rules. They also approved one more cultivation license. Timeframe on Transporter, Manufacturer, and Dispensary licenses to be announced in next meeting (February 2^nd).

Source: https://www.ketv.com/article/nebraska-medical-cannabis-commission-approves-news-emergency-regulations-cultivator-license/69921710

Recreational

Virginia: forthcoming legislation, expected to be introduced in early 2026, will almost certainly incorporate the recommendations of the Joint Commission to Oversee the Transition of the Commonwealth into a Cannabis Retail Market (“Joint Commission”). The Joint Commission was formed earlier this year and is tasked with, among other things, “oversee[ing] the administration of responsibilities assigned to the Authority under the Cannabis Control Act” and “oversee[ing] the implementation and enforcement of cannabis-related laws and regulations.” The Joint Commission’s legislative recommendations for commencing and regulating an adult-use market were recently published following a commission meeting on December 2, 2025.

Source: https://foleyhoag.com/news-and-insights/blogs/cannabis-and-the-law/2025/december/new-year-s-resolution-for-va-governor-elect-adult-use-cannabis-sales-in-2026/

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