In the Senate since February 18, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 231
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CANNABIS REGULATION AND ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEM DEALER REGISTRATION.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To (1) require cannabis establishments to submit marijuana and cannabis samples to cannabis testing laboratories for purposes of testing conducted in accordance with laboratory testing standards established by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, (2) provide that the commissioner shall not issue or renew an electronic nicotine delivery system certificate of dealer registration to an applicant if the commissioner finds that the applicant, or the owner, authorized owner or named designee of the applicant, has failed to satisfy various requirements or is the subject of an adverse administrative decision or delinquency assessment from the Department of Revenue Services, (3) specify who may deliver cannabis, (4) modify existing requirements concerning the availability of a pharmacist at a hybrid retailer establishment and apply such modified requirements to dispensary facilities, and (5) make various minor, technical and conforming changes to statutes concerning cannabis regulation.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 18 to March 25, 2026, 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.
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Mar 11
Who voted how
Yea Alphonse Paolillo Jr., Arnold Jensen, Catherine A. Osten, Chris Aniskovich, Dave W. Yaccarino, David Rutigliano, Farley Santos, Gary A. Turco Jr., Geoff Luxenberg, James J. Maroney, John A. Kissel, Larry Pemberton Jr., Melissa Osborne, Paul Cicarella, Raghib Allie-Brennan, Rebecca Martinez, Rick Lopes, Roland J. Lemar, Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, Tim Ackert
Not voting Bobby G. Gibson Jr., John W. Fonfara
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 Senate Feb 18 – Mar 11
- Feb 18Introduced and sent to General Law Committee
- Feb 19Heard in General Law Committee
- Mar 11General Law Committee recommended a substitute for it
All 9 actions, as published
- Feb 18REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 19PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 11Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
- Mar 12FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 19REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Mar 25RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Mar 25FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
- Mar 25SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
- Mar 25FILE NO.Both houses