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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.

In the Senate since February 18, 2026.

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

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.

Every action9 actions on 6 days

In the SenateFrom Feb 18

General Law CommitteeFeb 18 to Mar 1121 days

Votes

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

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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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

  1. Introduced and sent to General Law Committee
  2. Heard in General Law Committee
  3. General Law Committee recommended a substitute for it
All 9 actions, as published