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UtahH.B. 542025 General SessionHouseWALLET
Cannabinoid Amendments
Sponsored By: Jennifer Dailey-Provost (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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17 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 3 costs, 9 mixed.
Qualifying cannabinoid products gain legal exemptions
The law extends marijuana and THC possession or distribution exemptions to qualifying cannabinoid and expanded cannabinoid products complying with Section 26B-4-212. These product definitions no longer require a medicinal dosage form. Ingestible cannabinoid products contain cannabis extract or concentrate and at least 10 units of CBD per unit of THC; expanded products have a lower ratio. The THC-analog definition excludes CBC, CBL, CBD, CBDV, CBE, CBG, CBGV, CBN, CBV, and THCV. Their naturally occurring acid forms are also excluded from rules using that definition.
Care facilities can help cannabis patients
Medical cannabis cardholders can designate an eligible assisted living facility, nursing care facility, or general acute hospital as their caregiver. The designated facility can assign staff to help with treatment and receive that person's cannabis shipments. The health department must set rules governing facility caregivers.
Lower license fees for qualifying pharmacies
Medical cannabis pharmacies in federally designated medically underserved areas pay license fees 50% below the standard fee. Pharmacies in Utah counties classified as third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class also qualify for a 50% reduction. The law does not state the standard dollar fee or require pharmacies to pass savings to patients.
Hemp processors face stricter entry rules
Cannabinoid processor license applicants must be at least 18 and submit an FBI nationwide criminal history completed within 90 days. Any felony conviction disqualifies an applicant, as does a drug-related misdemeanor conviction within the past 10 years. Transporting industrial hemp concentrate into, out of, or within Utah requires a Utah processor license or equivalent out-of-state license. Transporters must follow agriculture department rules; producer registration alone no longer satisfies the requirement.
Cannabis patients get labels and guidance
Medical cannabis cardholders can ask to see a product's back label while in a pharmacy. Beginning July 1, 2025, pharmacies must also post pictures of those labels on their websites. At purchase, staff must verbally offer provider counseling to cardholders who have not already had the specified medical cannabis consultation. Cardholders do not have to accept the offer.
Patients get broader cannabis delivery options
Medical cannabis pharmacies authorized for home delivery can deliver electronic orders without routing them through the state patient portal. The department must approve an operating plan showing the pharmacy can accept electronic orders. Pharmacies can hire licensed couriers, with security and staff requirements and regular pharmacy oversight. The health department must set rules for safe, secure delivery of these orders. The law does not set delivery prices.
Cannabis couriers need licenses and checks
Medical cannabis couriers need a state license, ownership disclosures, an operating plan, and application and annual renewal fees. People with at least 10% financial or voting interest, or management control, must pass fingerprint background checks and be 21 or older. They cannot have a felony conviction within 10 years or a drug-distribution misdemeanor conviction after September 23, 2019. The department can revoke licenses for violations, disqualifying convictions, or failure to begin operating within one year. Ownership changes must also meet licensing standards.
Hemp retailers face cameras and checks
Beginning January 1, 2026, permitted hemp retailers must use tamper-proof video systems that monitor cannabinoid product buyers. They must retain footage for at least 45 days and give the agriculture department access on request. Officers can supervise under-21 buyers investigating suspected sales of products containing THC or a THC analog. Covered retailers face at least one attempted purchase within a 12-month period; participants under 18 need written parent or guardian consent. For unregistered cannabinoid sales, the agriculture department can take enforcement action instead of being required to assess the prior specified fine.
Cannabis citations carry hearing deadlines
People served a cannabis production citation have 30 calendar days to request a hearing. Without a timely request, the citation becomes the agriculture department's final order. Appeals of administrative actions under the cannabis production chapter go to an administrative law judge in an informal proceeding.
Cannabis shipment paperwork violations cost $100
Transporting medical cannabis with an improper shipment manifest is an infraction carrying a $100 fine per violation. The paperwork violation alone is not also a Utah Controlled Substances Act violation. That protection does not cover shipments exceeding listed quantities, except for a very small administrative error. Excess shipments can face Controlled Substances Act penalties.
Cannabis safety checks expand, recalls narrow
Before sale, independent labs must identify and measure every cannabinoid known to be present in a medical cannabis product. The agriculture department must seize, embargo, or destroy batches found through investigation to contain a significant human-health threat. However, its recall-protocol rulemaking authority covers medical cannabis rather than cannabis and cannabis products generally.
Consumers face bans on certain cannabinoids
Utah bans selling, distributing, or marketing cannabinoid products containing delta-9-THCP, delta-8-THCP, delta-9-THC acetate, delta-8-THC acetate, 9(s)-HHC, or 9(r)-HHC. The agriculture department can also cap or ban newly identified cannabinoids not already named in the chapter. It must adopt rules and can change a concentration cap only when the change does not threaten public health. These protections also limit which products consumers can buy.
Closed-door cannabis pharmacies face strict limits
A licensed home delivery pharmacy can add one licensed closed-door pharmacy; an owner with multiple pharmacies still gets only one. Before July 1, 2027, the board can issue only one closed-door license, down from three. These sites must meet pharmacist supervision, staffing, security, records, and delivery requirements. Required distances are 1,000 feet from community locations and 600 feet from mainly residential districts, with waivers up to 20%. Revenue is capped at the greater of $2 million or 35% of the owner's pharmacy revenue, using the highest-revenue pharmacy for multi-pharmacy owners.
Independent cannabis pharmacies face ownership limits
The board must select one independent pharmacy license recipient before January 1, 2026. It must select the second during 2026, before January 1, 2027. Both pharmacies must serve federally designated medically underserved areas in Utah counties classified as third through sixth class. Recipients face pharmacy financial-interest limits; the second also faces production-establishment interest limits, and the first must keep control for at least 15 years. Transfers are allowed only to entities meeting the applicable ownership and financial-interest requirements the original recipient met.
More cannabis pharmacies, different selection rules
The law raises Utah's medical cannabis pharmacy license cap from 15 to 17, including two independent pharmacy licenses. It does not require all 17 licenses to be issued. When applicants outnumber licenses, the licensing board selects recipients and may interview applicants in person. The board may favor applicants offering home delivery or locations in federally designated medically underserved areas. Applicants cannot receive preference just because they hold another cannabis production license.
Cannabis businesses get limited advertising options
Cannabis processors can post educational product information on websites that effectively block people under 21. This can include lab certificates and Utah purchase locations; targeted product, device, or brand marketing is also allowed under statutory limits. Public advertising by production establishments remains generally prohibited outside stated exceptions. Advertising cannabis transportation is prohibited except for limited notices by licensed home delivery pharmacies and couriers. Those notices can show a green cross, the business name and logo, and its licensed transportation status.
Cannabis growers gain treatment options, duties
Cannabis growers can use radiation methods for quality assurance or remediation. Required department rules must cover batch records, amounts treated, methods used, and equipment disclosures to receiving processors. Separately, the agriculture department cannot require a third batch test after independent-lab and department tests satisfy all testing requirements.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jennifer Dailey-Provost
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Evan J. Vickers
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/7/2025
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/7/2025
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
Yes: 67 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/7/2025
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/7/2025
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Yes: 25 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/7/2025
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/7/2025
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/7/2025
Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/25/2025
Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation
Yes: 4 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/25/2025
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 4 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/13/2025
Senate Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed
Yes: 1 • No: 5
House vote • 2/4/2025
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 68 • No: 3
House vote • 1/24/2025
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 11 • No: 0
House vote • 1/24/2025
House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 10 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
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Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
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Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/24/2025House/ to Governor
3/17/2025HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/17/2025HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/13/2025HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/13/2025Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/7/2025Bill Received from House for Enrolling
3/7/2025House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/7/2025HouseSenate/ to House
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ received from House
3/7/2025SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ concurs with Senate amendment
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/7/2025HouseSenate/ to House with amendments
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ uncircled
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ circled
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ substituted
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ uncircled
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ circled
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
3/6/2025Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/13/2025
Substitute #2
3/7/2025
Substitute #3
3/7/2025
Amended 2/25/2025 10:02:352
2/25/2025
Substitute #1
1/23/2025
Introduced
12/20/2024