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NevadaAB7683rd Regular Session (2025)House
AN ACT relating to cannabis; revising provisions relating to the confidentiality of certain information relating to cannabis; revising provisions governing certain disciplinary proceedings; revising provisions relating to the operation of a cannabis establishment; revising certain requirements relating to the packaging and labeling of cannabis and cannabis products; authorizing the Cannabis Compliance Board to issue summonses and subpoenas and take certain other actions relating to unlicensed cannabis activities; revising provisions relating to the licensing of a cannabis establishment; revising provisions relating to cannabis independent testing laboratories; revising provisions relating to advertising engaged in and packaging used by a cannabis establishment; exempting certain persons from state prosecution for certain criminal offenses under certain circumstances; requiring the Cannabis Advisory Commission to conduct certain studies; making various other changes relating to the regulation of cannabis; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Assembly Committee on Judiciary
Signed by Governor
BDR 56-286
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Bill Overview
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29 provisions identified: 7 benefits, 6 costs, 16 mixed.
Stronger discipline and fines for licensees
The Board must quickly choose to decline, settle, or start discipline after the Attorney General recommends action. A hearing officer can fine up to $20,000 per violation and can limit, suspend, or revoke a license. The officer must consider listed mitigating factors. The Board or staff may issue a warning or concern letter before formal action. If you submit a corrective plan and the Board does not act within 30 days, your plan is approved.
Pilot for small cannabis businesses
The Board creates a pilot to help "emerging small cannabis businesses" join the industry. Your business must be operating for a profit, based in Nevada, and meet employee and annual revenue limits the Board sets by rule.
Social equity rules for lounges
When a city or county limits lounge licenses, the Board sets the allocation. No more than 50% of allocated licenses may be retail lounges. At least 50% must be independent lounges, and at least half of those must go to social equity applicants. If there are not enough social equity applicants, all who qualify get licenses and the rest are held for future social equity issuance. If applicants exceed slots, the Board uses separate lotteries by license type for non‑social equity applicants.
Tougher tools against unlicensed sellers
The Board can investigate unlicensed cannabis activity and impose penalties, including cease‑and‑desist orders, citations, fines, and civil penalties. It can issue summonses and subpoenas, require documents, and administer oaths. The Board can keep informant identities confidential in most cases. The Tax Commission and Department of Taxation must share needed cannabis tax records with the Board. Board peace‑officer‑certified staff must help the Attorney General with criminal investigations.
Stricter cannabis ads and fines
Cannabis ads must show Board warnings, your business name, and a license number or Board ID. You must avoid ads where 30% or more of the audience is under 21 and keep proof of audience estimates for 5 years. Ads cannot be near schools, parks, playgrounds, or libraries (1,000 feet), on public transit, or at events with many minors. Ads cannot be false, show use, promote overuse, or use kid‑appealing images or giveaways. Local governments may set even stricter ad rules. Fines escalate for violations within two years: up to $1,250, then $2,500, $5,000, and $10,000.
Stricter under-21 rules in bars
Supervisors and employees at stand‑alone bars, taverns, or saloons commit a misdemeanor if they let someone under 21 loiter in age‑restricted or smoking areas. Businesses face civil fines of $1,000 for a first offense and $2,000 for later offenses. These rules take effect upon passage and approval.
Licensing applications and siting limits
Adult‑use applicants must show their legal name, site address(es), liquid assets, and property control. They must submit fingerprints and FBI consent for the applicant and each owner, officer, or board member, list names and birth dates, and include security and inventory procedures. Sites cannot be on airport property, must be over 1,000 feet from a PK–12 school and 300 feet from a community facility, and in counties of 100,000+ must be over 1,500 feet from a nonrestricted gaming business. Distance is measured from the front door to the other property’s closest property line. All cannabis businesses must keep operating documents for oversight, recordkeeping, and worker and contractor training.
Medical license freeze and caps
Beginning January 1, 2024, the Board stops issuing or renewing most medical cannabis licenses unless the site is in a "covered jurisdiction" that bans adult‑use businesses. In counties with 100,000+ people, no more than 25% of the county’s licensable medical dispensaries may sit in one local government area unless the Board raises the cap at the county’s request. In those counties, one person or group cannot hold more than one medical license or more than 10% of allocable licenses, whichever is greater. A “covered jurisdiction” is a locality that bans adult‑use cannabis businesses.
THC serving labels and package limits
The law requires clear THC serving labels on adult-use edibles. Each serving is at most 10 mg THC. Package limits now apply: up to 2.5 ounces of usable cannabis, or 3,500 mg of concentrate. Capsules may be 100 mg each, up to 1,000 mg per package. Tinctures may have up to 1,000 mg THC per package. Topicals may be 6% THC or 2,500 mg per package. Suppositories and patches are 100 mg each, up to 1,000 mg per package. All other adult-use products are capped at 1,000 mg per package.
Clear labels and child-safe packaging
Packages must say “THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS CANNABIS” in bold. Products are sold and labeled by THC in milligrams, with a potency statement and any allowed variance. Do not label or market as candy or use designs that appeal to children. Add “Keep out of reach of children,” ingredients, and major allergen warnings.
Higher standards for cannabis labs
Testing labs must measure THC and CBD, test for microbes, pesticides, heavy metals, and prove their methods are accurate. Labs must apply, pay fees, meet Board rules, and within 1 year of licensing, get ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation from an approved accreditor.
Safer packaging and product designs
Sellers must give health warnings at checkout, including that edibles can take 2+ hours and to wait 120 minutes before more. All sales leave in opaque, child‑resistant packaging, and stores must offer locking child‑resistant containers. Producers must follow sanitation rules and package on‑site, and may not make kid‑appealing items like lollipops, cartoon shapes, or candy with added concentrate (except dried fruit, nuts, or granola). Labels cannot be duplicated by extra Board‑mandated wholesale tags beyond tracking needs. The law defines packaging, usable cannabis (seeds, stalks, and roots excluded), and synthetic cannabinoids (biosynthetic included; approved THCA decarb excluded). Where local health rules require it, at least one employee handling edibles must hold a food‑handler certificate.
Stronger security and camera rules
Businesses must lock and secure all entrances and prevent unauthorized entry. Growing and production must be inside locked, enclosed areas with limited access. On‑site use is banned unless you are a licensed consumption lounge. The Board can inspect anytime. You must install video systems that store interior and exterior footage and allow law‑enforcement real‑time access on request.
Tracking and ID checks for sales
Cannabis businesses must keep an inventory system that tracks cannabis from purchase to sale in near real time when practicable. The system must record buyer names, dates, amounts by weight and potency, and other Board data. Medical dispensaries must verify buyers and track registry card numbers and dates, agent card numbers, and certain nonresident sales. Personal data must be encrypted and protected. The Board may allow shared systems.
Health hazard shutdown and suspension
If there is a serious public‑health hazard, a cannabis business must stop operations and notify the Board. The Board can let safe areas keep operating with an approved plan and sets how to reopen. A Board agent may immediately suspend a license without warning for a serious hazard. You can get a hearing within 14 days and a reinspection within 2 business days after a written request. Suspension is not immediate if the problem is fixed on site, an approved plan is accepted, or the Board already allowed limited operation.
Local control and license conversion
If a jurisdiction stops banning adult‑use businesses, a holder of an expired medical license there may apply at expiration for an adult‑use license of the same type. The application uses medical renewal info and pays the adult‑use renewal fee. The Board issues the license if it would have renewed the medical license. In places that issue local business licenses, any Board license is conditional until you meet local rules, get the local license, and pass a Board inspection. The Board may require surrender if you do not meet these steps on time, with extensions for delays outside your control.
Store access, delivery, and CBD sales
Stores must allow any person age 21 or older to enter. Vending machines for cannabis are banned. Adult‑use stores may not sell through unlicensed third parties. Delivery is allowed only if the sale comes directly from the store or its website/app, the delivery partner does not advertise selling cannabis, the store and delivery contractors are listed on the Board’s website, and only authorized agents deliver. Producers and stores may sell hemp/CBD products with no more than 0.3% THC and any other items the Board approves.
Stronger seed‑to‑sale tracking
The tracking database is an electronic verification and authentication system with real‑time access for the Board and businesses. An inventory control system must track chain of custody from acquisition to the end consumer. Medical applicants must use electronic verification and an inventory control system. Dual licensees may keep a combined inventory reported under the adult‑use license, but must mark each sale as medical or adult‑use and verify medical registry cards.
Narrow protections from cannabis charges
You cannot be charged by the state just for being near cannabis that is lawfully used. State agriculture or cannabis‑board staff, and their attorneys, are protected when handling cannabis as part of their job. The cannabis must be stored in a secure, enclosed place. These rules take effect upon passage and approval.
Indoor smoking allowed in lounges
Licensed cannabis consumption lounges may allow indoor cannabis smoking. Smoking must follow state cannabis laws and regulations. This takes effect upon passage and approval.
More confidentiality for Board records
Many Board records are confidential, such as applications, trade secrets, security plans, background checks, and investigatory files. Some basics stay public, like licensee names, certain addresses, and final decisions. Records that are confidential under listed laws stay private even after 30 years.
State–tribe cannabis agreements and privacy
The Governor can make agreements with tribal governments on cannabis enforcement, taxes, research, and dispute rules. Agreements must protect health and safety, secure facilities, and regulate business across tribal and non‑tribal land. Cannabis information a tribe shares under an agreement stays the tribe’s property and is confidential. Records under these agreements are not public. These changes take effect upon passage and approval.
License needed to advertise or sell cannabis
You must hold a cannabis license to market or sell cannabis. Unlicensed people cannot advertise cannabis or cannabis products. They cannot take orders or offer sales. They also cannot claim to be a retailer or a consumption lounge.
Who cannot own or run cannabis businesses
Some people cannot own or run an adult-use cannabis business. You are disqualified if you have an excluded felony, with limited exceptions set in state law. You are also barred if you led a business whose cannabis license was revoked. You are barred if you had a cannabis agent registration card revoked. You must be at least 21 years old.
Board will collect owner demographics
The Board must collect race, ethnicity, age, and gender for each owner, manager, and registered agent. It sends the data to the Legislative Counsel Bureau by January 1 of each odd‑numbered year.
Clear hearing rules and deadlines
If you do not ask for a hearing in your answer, you waive the hearing and appeals. You have 21 days to answer a complaint. Hearings normally occur within 120 days after your answer. Service can be in person, by certified mail, or by e‑service only if you agreed. You must pay the fees and travel for any witness you subpoena. The hearing officer can issue subpoenas, require an audio record, and provide transcripts at your expense. A written decision is due in 60 days. You have 15 days to seek a rehearing with new, material evidence. A decision is final unless the Board review is requested within 30 days.
Study on consumable hemp rules
The Cannabis Advisory Commission must study rules for consumable hemp products. Topics include testing, labeling, age checks, potency, and retail issues for beverages. The Commission must report findings and recommendations by November 9, 2026.
When changes apply and repeals
The act takes effect upon passage and approval. Sections 5, 6, and 13–23 apply only to cases that start on or after that date. The law repeals NRS 678C.060, 678C.100, and 678D.040.
Study on future cannabis taxes
The Cannabis Advisory Commission must study new ways to tax cannabis and hemp products. Options include ending some excise taxes, raising another, or taxing retail hemp products. The study must weigh price, revenue, and unlicensed market effects. A report is due by October 5, 2026. This requirement takes effect upon passage.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Assembly Committee on Judiciary
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/2/2025
Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 20 • No: 0
House vote • 5/28/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 42 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 459.
6/11/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/10/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/6/2025legislatureIn Assembly. To enrollment.
6/4/2025HouseTo Assembly.
6/2/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Not voting: 1.)
6/2/2025SenateTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
6/1/2025SenateTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
5/31/2025SenateRead second time.
5/30/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/30/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass.
5/30/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
5/29/2025SenateIn Senate.
5/29/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
5/28/2025HouseFrom printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint.
5/28/2025HouseRead third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 799.) To printer.
5/27/2025HousePlaced on General File.
5/27/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/27/2025HouseTo committee.
4/23/2025HouseFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
4/23/2025HouseTo printer.
4/21/2025HouseRereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective.
4/21/2025HouseTaken from General File.
4/21/2025HouseRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 173.)
4/21/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/21/2025House
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