l9n/ Connecticut

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 7178

AN ACT CONCERNING CANNABIS, HEMP AND TOBACCO REGULATION.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on June 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) authorize infused beverage manufacturers to manufacture for sale in other markets beverages that exceed the THC cap, (2) authorize liquor wholesaler permittees to exclusively sell infused beverages, (3) extend the term of certain cannabis licenses, (4) extend the period within which certain cannabis licensees must create equity joint ventures to pay a reduced conversion fee, (5) cap the THC content of prefilled cartridges, (6) allow cannabis licensees to refrain from reporting the diversion, theft or loss of cannabis in certain circumstances, (7) modify the labeling requirements for certain manufacturer hemp products, (8) expand the area within which certain cultivation facilities may be located, (9) establish a "cannabis employee support account", (10) enable certain social equity applicants to apply for additional licenses, (11) establish various hemp incentives and a hemp tax credit, (12) expand the authorized activities of micro-cultivators, (13) authorize transporter licensees to expand their authorized activities, (14) modify infused beverage labeling requirements, (15) restrict the hours during which cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, electronic nicotine delivery systems and vapor products may be sold at retail, and (16) modify the remonstrance and municipal notification processes applicable to cigarette dealers.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Henry J. Genga

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    Heather S. Somers

    Its course

    March 6 to June 4, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action20 actions on 10 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMar 6 to Jun 490 days

    General Law CommitteeMar 6 to Mar 2418 days

    Appropriations CommitteeApr 29 to May 56 days

    In the SenateJun 4 to Jun 4 · stopped0 days

    Votes

    Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Jun 4

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Mar 6 – Jun 4

    1. Introduced and sent to General Law Committee
    2. Heard in General Law Committee
    3. General Law Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. Sent to Appropriations Committee
    5. Appropriations Committee recommended it
    6. The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
    7. Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendment A

    In the Senate Jun 4

    1. Sent to the Senate
    All 20 actions, as published