NevadaNevada cannabis rules set hearings and health hazard responses
Cannabis license discipline cases go to hearing officers, while Board agents may order businesses to fix serious health hazards or stop operating.
What it does
A hearing officer decides cannabis license discipline cases. A party or the Board may seek Board review within 30 days, and an aggrieved person may then seek court review.
A Board agent may order a cannabis business to fix a serious health hazard and may suspend its license and stop operations. The agent cannot order immediate suspension in certain cases, including when the hazard is fixed or an approved plan allows the business to continue.
A single package may contain up to 2.5 ounces of usable cannabis or 3,500 milligrams of concentrated cannabis. THC limits vary by product, and lounge products may be exempt when Board rules conflict.
Argument forAdults could buy some cannabis products in larger packages, which may mean fewer purchases for people who prefer to stock up.
Argument againstA cannabis business could have to stop operating immediately after an agent finds a serious health hazard, before it can get a hearing.
More detail
A hearing officer hears cannabis license discipline cases and issues a decision. These procedures apply to disciplinary cases against cannabis licensees and registrants. A party may ask the Board to review the decision, or the Board may start a review, within 30 days after the decision is served. The Board reviews only the hearing record. After the Board review, an aggrieved person may seek court review. A party's request for Board review, or the Board's own review, must begin within 30 days after the decision is served.
A Board agent may order a cannabis business to correct a serious health hazard and may suspend its license and stop its operations. These rules apply when a Board agent finds a serious public health hazard at a cannabis business. The order must name the hazard, the correction required, and the deadline. The agent may not order immediate suspension if the Board has approved continued operation, the hazard is corrected while the agent is there, or the agent approves a plan for continued operation. The licensee may ask for a hearing. The hearing must happen within 14 days unless the Board and licensee agree in writing to more time. The business must obey the order immediately. If the licensee asks for a hearing, it must happen within 14 days unless both sides agree in writing to more time.
Single packages of adult-use cannabis products may contain up to the amounts listed in the law. These limits apply to single packages of adult-use cannabis products. A package may contain up to 2.5 ounces of usable cannabis or 3,500 milligrams of concentrated cannabis. THC limits vary by product: most products may contain up to 1,000 milligrams per package, topical products up to 2,500 milligrams, and edible products up to 100 milligrams. These limits do not apply to ready-to-consume products made and sold by a consumption lounge when they conflict with Board regulations.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jun 11Chapter 459.Latest
- Jun 10Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo.Became Law
- Jun 6Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Jun 4In Assembly. To enrollment.Major
- Jun 2Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Not voting: 1.) To Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 1Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- May 31Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- May 30From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.Minor
- May 29In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.Minor
- May 28From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded Assembly (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- May 27From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 799.) To printer.Minor
- Apr 23From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- Apr 21From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 173.) Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.Minor
- Feb 12Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- Feb 4Read first time. To committee.Minor
- 2024
- Dec 2From printer.
- Nov 20Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.Introduced
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