An act TO REQUIRE CERTAIN TESTING OF PROCESSED 10 MARIJUANA PRODUCTS SOLD AS MEDICAL MARIJUANA, the official text

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1 State of Arkansas                  As Engrossed: S3/12/25
2 95th General Assembly
                                           A Bill

3 Regular Session, 2025                                           SENATE BILL 305

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5 By: Senator C. Penzo

6 By: Representative Pilkington

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8                                For An Act To Be Entitled

9   AN ACT TO REQUIRE CERTAIN TESTING OF PROCESSED

10  MARIJUANA PRODUCTS SOLD AS MEDICAL MARIJUANA; AND FOR

11  OTHER PURPOSES.

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15                       TO REQUIRE CERTAIN TESTING OF PROCESSED

16                       MARIJUANA PRODUCTS SOLD AS MEDICAL

17                       MARIJUANA.

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19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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21  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 20, Chapter 56, Subchapter 3, is

22 amended to add an additional section to read as follows:

23  20-56-309. Testing of processed marijuana product -- Definition.

24  (a)(1) As used in this section, "processed marijuana product" means a

25 marijuana product intended for human consumption that has been altered from

26 the usable marijuana under the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016,

27 Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 98, by extraction, concentration,

28 encapsulation, chemical manipulation, or other process.

29  (2) "Processed marijuana product" includes without limitation

30 edibles, oils, concentrations, tinctures, topicals, inhalables, and other

31 forms of marijuana that have been infused or processed.

32  (3)(A) "Processed marijuana product" is separate and distinct

33 from marijuana paraphernalia that requires the combustion of marijuana to be

34 properly utilized, including pipes, water pipes, bongs, chillums, rolling

35 papers, and roach clips.

36                       (B) "Processed marijuana product" is not subject to

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1 prohibitions that are applicable to paraphernalia.

2   (b) All processed marijuana products shall be tested after being fully

3 processed and in the form of a finished product suitable for packaging.

4   (c) The testing under this section shall comply with the rules of the

5 Department of Health and include without limitation the testing of:

6               (1) Pesticides;

7               (2) Heavy metals;

8               (3) Microbiological contaminants;

9               (4) Residual solvents; and

10              (5) Concentrations of tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol.

11  (d) This section does not authorize or prohibit any specific product

12 including without limitation prerolls, blunts, or any other ready-made

13 inhalables.

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