Latest Cannabis News: May 6, 2025

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.

Tennessee: The amended bill will ban the sale of products with a 0.3 percent or higher weight of cannabinoids like THCa, THCv, Delta-8 and Delta-10. The late-added restrictions on THCa, which converts to the popular Delta-9 compound when heated, would make much of the currently legal ingestible products unavailable in any Tennessee retail environment, including tobacco stores, dispensaries and convenience stores, which currently sell these products.

Source: https://nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/01/tennessee-hemp-sales-restrictions/

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Florida: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday signed a measure into law that tightens requirements around citizen-initiated measures. Among other requirements, it mandates that supporters post a $1 million bond before commencing signature gathering, prohibits the use of out-of-state and noncitizen petitioners, and narrows the window during which signatures must be submitted to election officials.

Source: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/with-florida-marijuana-legalization-measure-circulating-desantis-signs-bill-making-it-harder-to-qualify-ballot-initiatives/

Louisiana: Rep. Candace Newell (D)—who has made repeated attempts to end criminalization—discussed her latest legislation in an interview with Louisiana First News that aired on Saturday, describing a proposed three-year pilot program that is “designed to test and evaluate parameters of the implementation of a permanent adult-use cannabis program,” according to a legislative analysis. Only existing medical cannabis dispensaries that were licensed as of August 1, 2022 in select regions would be eligible to participate in the pilot program. Meanwhile, another measure filed this session, sponsored by Rep. Edmond Jordan (D), would also set the state up for an adult-use marijuana legalization program. However, the legislation intends to create the tax infrastructure for a legal marketplace, without detailing core components of the system.

Source: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/louisiana-lawmaker-proposes-marijuana-legalization-pilot-program-as-revenue-source-for-the-state/

Nebraska: Legislative Bill 677, from state Sen. Ben Hansen of Blair, advanced 5–3 from the General Affairs Committee. It would set up a clearer state regulatory scheme for the medical cannabis system that voters overwhelmingly approved in November. The bill would need to pass by June 2, in case it is vetoed by the governor, who has so far declined to weigh in on the bill but has joined Hilgers in saying the two have reservations.

Source: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/nebraska-lawmakers-advance-medical-marijuana-bill-with-amendment-to-ban-smoking/

North Dakota: Under the newly enacted law, the state’s medical marijuana program will be expanded to permit the sale of cannabis edibles, which is defined as a “soft or hard lozenge in a geometric square shape into which a cannabinoid concentrate or the dried leaves or flowers of the plant of the genus cannabis is incorporated.”

Source: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/north-dakota-governor-signs-bill-to-legalize-medical-marijuana-edibles-that-meet-certain-requirements/

Pennsylvania: Earlier today, the Cannabis Health & Safety Act (House Bill 1200) was approved by the House Health Committee by a 14-12 party-line vote. The cannabis legalization bill now moves to the state House of Representatives for consideration.

50 Cannabis Cultivator Licenses, 50 MicroCultivator, 50 Processor, 50 MicroProcessor, 50 Transporter, 100 On-Site Consumption Licenses, Dispensaries: appear to be state run

Source: https://www.abc27.com/pennsylvania-politics/pennsylvania-lawmakers-advance-marijuana-legalization-bill/

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Minnesota: The office will hold a lottery for social equity applicants (SEAs) applying for a limited license on June 5.

Source: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/minnesota-cannabis-license-lotteries-set-for-june-5-weed/89-0cfa9a10-9a55-4393-9cc3-a352742f4dec

Missouri: A trio of research firms who contend Missouri is a poster child for success in the cannabis industry hope to win a contract to study the state’s market closer. The results of the study will help the state determine “whether or when the state will be required to issue additional cannabis facility licenses and, if so, how many, where, and of what type,” according to a March press release from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. If the department does issue additional licenses, at least half of those licenses must be awarded to owners of cannabis microbusiness facilities that have been operational for at least a year.

Source: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/missouri-officials-weigh-proposals-for-marijuana-market-study-that-will-help-determine-whether-to-issue-new-licenses/

Rhode Island: A Florida entrepreneur is trying to sue Rhode Island now that their rules have been published. He has requested that the case be remanded to the District Court.

Source: https://www.law360.com/articles/2332736/ri-pot-rules-challenger-says-cause-for-ditching-case-is-moot

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