NevadaUnlicensed hemp sellers must post signs and avoid deceptive ads
Nevada law requires certain unlicensed hemp sellers to post notices and avoid deceptive ads, and lets the Cannabis Compliance Board investigate violations and refer cases for penalties.
What it does
People without a cannabis license who sell certain hemp products for people to consume must post notices at customer entrances and sales stations. The signs must meet specific wording, size, placement, and visibility rules.
These sellers must not make or allow deceptive ads about whether they are licensed or what their hemp products are. The rule includes claims that a product is cannabis or causes an intoxicating effect.
The Cannabis Compliance Board may investigate violations of these rules and refer cases to the Attorney General for applicable penalties.
Argument forCustomers could more easily see that a store is not licensed to sell cannabis and spot misleading claims about hemp products.
Argument againstStores may face added costs and work to put up and maintain signs that meet detailed size, lighting, and placement rules.
More detail
Covered sellers must display signs at customer entrances and sales stations. The rule covers people without a cannabis license who sell or offer hemp products intended for people to consume. The definition excludes products containing only an approved hemp component and no other hemp. Entrance signs must say the location is not licensed to sell cannabis and meet the law's size and visibility rules. Sales station signs must say all hemp products contain less than the legal THC limit and meet the law's size and placement rules. The signs must be displayed at all times where the sale or offer takes place.
Covered sellers must not make or allow false, misleading, or deceptive ads about their license, location, or products. This applies to people without a cannabis license who sell or offer hemp products intended for people to consume. The definition excludes products containing only an approved hemp component and no other hemp. The rule covers claims about whether the seller or location is licensed and about the nature of a hemp product, including claims that it is cannabis or causes an intoxicating effect.
The Cannabis Compliance Board may investigate violations and refer them to the Attorney General for penalties. This power concerns violations of the sign and advertising rules for covered hemp sellers. Violating the sign or advertising rules counts as a deceptive trade practice. The text does not require the Board to refer every violation.
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Jun 11Chapter 484.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: 19, Nays: None, Excused: 1, 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 31From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.Minor
- May 29From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded Assembly (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- May 28From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 880.) To printer.Minor
- Apr 24From 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. 290.) Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.Minor
- Apr 10Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- Mar 26From printer. To committee.
- Mar 24Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.Introduced
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