AN ACT relating to cannabis; authorizing the Cannabis Compliance Board, in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Board, to waive any requirement to obtain a registration card for a person who holds an ownership interest of 5 percent or more in a cannabis establishment; clarifying the procedures by which an owner, officer or board member of a cannabis establishment may obtain a registration card; revising provisions governing the renewal of registration cards; revising requirements setting forth the cannabis establishments at which the holder of a registration card may serve as an owner, officer or board member or volunteer or work; increasing the fee for the issuance or renewal of certain registration cards; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Shea M. Backus (Democratic)
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Cannabis owners can get card waivers
Nevada’s Cannabis Compliance Board can waive a registration-card requirement for someone who owns at least 5% of a cannabis establishment. The Board must follow policies and procedures established by regulation. A waiver is discretionary, not automatic.
Higher card fees for cannabis leaders
Beginning October 1, 2025, the law raises covered cannabis registration-card fees to $400 per person for issuance or renewal. This covers people listed in the application as owners, officers, board members, cannabis executives, or cannabis receivers. The fee applies to qualifying cards issued or renewed on or after that date.
Cannabis workers get revised card rules
Initial cannabis cards expire two years after issuance; renewed cards expire two years after the previous card’s expiration date. Cardholders must submit renewal information and fees by expiration, but no longer file an affidavit on the card’s first anniversary. Non-lab cards allow work, volunteering, or service as an owner, officer, or board member at any non-lab cannabis establishment statewide. Independent testing lab cards allow those activities at any independent testing lab in Nevada. For cards issued or renewed beginning October 1, 2025, the Board must set card, training, and certification rules by establishment type.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Shea M. Backus
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
Actions Timeline
(No further action taken.)
6/3/2025HouseRereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee.
4/14/2025HouseTaken from General File.
4/14/2025HouseRead second time.
4/14/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass.
4/10/2025HouseNotice of eligibility for exemption.
3/9/2025HouseFrom printer. To committee.
2/28/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
2/27/2025House
Bill Text
As Introduced
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