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Oregon Cannabis Legislative and OLCC Updates

Strategic Insights

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Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed Senate Bill 558 into law, introducing new trade sample limits and producer-to-producer flower transfers, among other provisions. Meanwhile, Senate Bill 162 is on its way to becoming law, addressing law enforcement priorities and Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) updates. Additionally, the OLCC has announced changes to its Labor Peace Agreement requirement and a prohibition on the sale of most CBN products, effective July 1.

Key Takeaways:

  • **Senate Bill 558:** Permits licensees to provide samples of marijuana items at events registered with OLCC, allowing wholesalers to sell or transfer items to retailers at these events, and enabling producers to provide seeds and samples to permitted workers.
  • **Senate Bill 558:** Sets minimum sample amounts that a licensee must be allowed to provide to permitted workers and authorizes OLCC to adopt rules requiring tracking of sample transfers.
  • **Senate Bill 162:** Allows police officers to destroy hoop houses while executing a search warrant and requires OLCC to share its database of hemp and marijuana licensee locations with the Water Resources Department and Department of Environmental Quality.
  • **OLCC Labor Peace Agreement Update:** The requirement for a signed labor peace agreement (LPA) has been eliminated, effective immediately, for new and renewal applications for licenses subject to Measure 119.
  • **CBN Products Sale Prohibition:** Products containing artificially derived CBN can no longer be sold in Oregon, effective July 1, 2025, unless the manufacturer has made a Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) determination or submitted a New Dietary Ingredient Notification to the FDA and received a no objections response.
  • **OLCC Executive Director:** Craig Prins is retiring, and Tara Wasiak will take over as the new OLCC Executive Director on July 1st.

Statistics:

  • Senate Bill 158 takes effect 91 days after June 29, 2025.
  • The trade samples provisions of Senate Bill 158 do not go live until January 1, 2026.
  • The rule requiring a Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) determination or a New Dietary Ingredient Notification to the FDA, for the sale of CBN products, is effective July 1, 2025.
  • The OLCC Labor Peace Agreement requirement is no longer in effect, as of May 29th.
  • Craig Prins is set to retire on July 1st, marking the end of his tenure as the OLCC Executive Director.

Sources:

  • [Source 1:](http://harris-sliwoski.com/) Harris Sliwoski 600 Stewart Street Suite 1200 Seattle WA 98101 UNITED STATES Tel: 206224 5657 E-mail: dan@harris-sliwoski.com URL: harris-sliwoski.com
  • [Source 2:](http://www.mondaq.com/) Mondaq Ltd, 2025 - Tel. +44 (0)20 8544 8300 - http://www.mondaq.com

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