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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
3 HOUSE BILL 3143 By: Cornwell and Turner
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6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to medical marijuana; amending
Section 2, Chapter 342, O.S.L. 2022, as amended by
8 Section 6, Chapter 168, O.S.L. 2023 and Section 2,
Chapter 342, O.S.L. 2024 (63 O.S. Supp. 2025,
9 Sections 427.14a and 427.14c), which relate to the
Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection
10 Act; modifying dates for moratorium; deleting
requirement to review and process applications by
11 certain date; updating internal effective dates;
providing restrictions for submitting applications to
12 transfer ownership of medical marijuana businesses;
requiring completion of administrative actions or
13 appeals prior to submitting transfer applications;
establishing time limitation for submitting
14 applications following license annulments,
revocations, or suspensions; deleting time limitation
15 and requirement for submitting new applications;
deleting certain refund requirement; and providing an
16 effective date.
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19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
20 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 2, Chapter 342, O.S.L.
21 2022, as amended by Section 6, Chapter 168, O.S.L. 2023 (63 O.S.
22 Supp. 2025, Section 427.14a), is amended to read as follows:
23 Section 427.14a. A. Beginning August 1, 2022 August 1, 2026,
24 and ending August 1, 2026 August 1, 2028, the Oklahoma Medical
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1 Marijuana Authority shall, based on the number of current medical
2 marijuana business licenses for dispensaries, processors, and
3 commercial growers, declare and establish a extend the moratorium on
4 processing and issuing new medical marijuana business licenses for
5 dispensaries, processors, and commercial growers. The Executive
6 Director of the Authority shall be authorized to terminate the
7 moratorium at any time prior to August 1, 2026 August 1, 2028, if
8 the Executive Director determines that all pending licensing
9 reviews, inspections, or investigations have been completed by the
10 Authority.
11 B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the
12 renewal of a medical marijuana business license for a dispensary,
13 processor, or commercial grower under the provisions of Section
14 427.14 of this title or to the issuance of a medical marijuana
15 business license necessitated by a change in the ownership or
16 location of a medical marijuana dispensary, medical marijuana
17 processor, or medical marijuana commercial grower; provided,
18 however, the Authority shall be authorized to deny the request for
19 issuance of a medical marijuana business license due to a change in
20 ownership if the licensee is subject to any disciplinary action that
21 may necessitate the revocation, suspension, or nonrenewal of the
22 medical marijuana business license.
23 C. The Authority shall review and process applications for
24 medical marijuana business licenses for dispensaries, processors,
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1 and commercial growers if applications were received on or before
2 August 1, 2022.
3 D. The Authority shall promulgate rules as necessary to
4 implement the provisions of this section.
5 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY Section 2, Chapter 342, O.S.L.
6 2024 (63 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 427.14c), is amended to read as
7 follows:
8 Section 427.14c. A. After the effective date of this act, no
9 No medical marijuana business shall be transferred without written
10 approval of an application by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
11 Authority.
12 B. A licensee intending to transfer ownership of a medical
13 marijuana business shall submit an application to the Authority.
14 Upon approval by the Authority, the applicant shall submit all
15 necessary documentation to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics
16 and Dangerous Drugs Control (OBNDD) consistent with an application
17 for a registration pursuant to the Uniform Controlled Dangerous
18 Substances Act and rules promulgated by OBNDD, including the
19 approved application issued by the Authority. The medical marijuana
20 business license and the OBNDD registration of the original owner
21 shall terminate fifteen (15) business days after issuance of the new
22 OBNDD registration. Upon approval of the new registration by OBNDD,
23 the prior owner and new owner shall effectuate the transfer of
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1 medical marijuana products utilizing the state authorized seed-to-
2 sale tracking system within fifteen (15) business days.
3 C. Nothing in this section shall prevent the Authority from
4 denying an application, or the OBNDD from denying an application, to
5 register pursuant to the laws and rules of this state. In addition,
6 any medical marijuana business licensee intending to transfer
7 ownership of a medical marijuana business shall be prohibited from
8 submitting an application for said transfer if the licensee is
9 subject to any administrative action that may necessitate a
10 revocation, suspension, or nonrenewal of the medical marijuana
11 business license or OBNDD registration. Any pending administrative
12 action or appeal of an adverse determination by the Authority or by
13 the OBNDD concerning the medical marijuana business licensee or
14 registrant shall be completed in full prior to submitting an
15 application for a transfer of the medical marijuana business. If
16 the medical marijuana business license or OBNDD registration is
17 annulled, revoked, or suspended due to an administrative action, the
18 medical marijuana business licensee shall be prohibited from
19 applying for a transfer of the medical marijuana business for not
20 less than six (6) months after completion of the annulment,
21 revocation, or suspension term.
22 Application or registration denial shall not affect the existing
23 licensee and registrant. The existing licensee and registrant shall
24 be required to submit timely and sufficient renewal applications for
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1 the business to continue to operate during the pendency of any
2 business transfer.
3 D. Nothing in this section shall authorize any new owner to
4 take possession of medical marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate,
5 or medical marijuana product or exercise control over any activities
6 involving the medical marijuana business unless and until the
7 application has been approved by the Authority and the new ownership
8 is registered with OBNDD.
9 E. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the prospective new
10 owners from being employed by the current owner during the transfer
11 process so long as the prospective new owner holds all proper
12 employee credentials in accordance with Section 427.14b of Title 63
13 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title.
14 F. The new medical marijuana business owner shall provide the
15 Authority with a detailed inventory of any and all items enumerated
16 in the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act
17 including, but not limited to, all seeds, plant tissue, clones,
18 plants, usable medical marijuana or trim, leaves, and other plant
19 matter, batches of extract, medical marijuana, medical marijuana
20 concentrate, and medical marijuana products upon taking control of
21 the business.
22 G. Any attempt to transfer a medical marijuana business,
23 medical marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate, or medical
24 marijuana products of a medical marijuana business without approval
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1 from the Authority shall be grounds for revocation or nonrenewal of
2 the license and denial, revocation, or nonrenewal of current or
3 future licenses or license applications with ownership held by any
4 such person involved in the unlawful transfer.
5 H. The application fee shall be the annual license or
6 application fee established under Section 427.14 of Title 63 of the
7 Oklahoma Statutes this title for medical marijuana business license
8 types.
9 I. Any medical marijuana business with a pending application to
10 transfer a business license on the effective date of this act shall
11 have thirty (30) days from the effective date of this act to submit
12 a new application pursuant to this section. The Authority shall
13 refund the application fee to any applicant with a pending
14 application to transfer upon receipt of the new application.
15 J. The Authority shall promulgate rules necessary for the
16 approval and denial of transfers of medical marijuana businesses.
17 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective August 1, 2026.
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