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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
3 HOUSE BILL 3519 By: Marti
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6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to medical marijuana; amending 63
O.S. 2021, Section 427.14, as last amended by Section
8 2, Chapter 494, O.S.L. 2025 (63 O.S. Supp. 2025,
Section 427.14), which relates to the Oklahoma
9 Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act;
deleting requirement for posting certain bond;
10 requiring certain licensees to submit a land
reclamation fee; providing fee amount; providing an
11 exemption; requiring the examination of certain land
ownership documents; creating the Oklahoma Medical
12 Marijuana Land Reclamation Revolving Fund; stating
purpose of fund; making appropriations to the fund;
13 providing for expenditures; repealing Section 2,
Chapter 41, O.S.L. 2023 (63 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section
14 427.26), which relates to bond requirement for
medical marijuana commercial growers; providing for
15 codification; and providing an effective date.
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18 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
19 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 427.14, as
20 last amended by Section 2, Chapter 494, O.S.L. 2025 (63 O.S. Supp.
21 2025, Section 427.14), is amended to read as follows:
22 Section 427.14. A. There is hereby created the medical
23 marijuana business license, which shall include the following
24 categories:
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1 1. Medical marijuana commercial grower;
2 2. Medical marijuana processor;
3 3. Medical marijuana dispensary;
4 4. Medical marijuana transporter; and
5 5. Medical marijuana testing laboratory.
6 B. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, with the aid of
7 the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, shall develop a
8 website for medical marijuana business applications.
9 C. The Authority shall make available on its website in an
10 easy-to-find location, applications for a medical marijuana
11 business.
12 D. 1. The annual, nonrefundable fee for a medical marijuana
13 transporter license shall be Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
14 ($2,500.00).
15 2. The initial, nonrefundable fee for a medical marijuana
16 commercial grower license shall be calculated based upon the total
17 amount of square feet of canopy or acres the grower estimates will
18 be harvested, transferred, or sold for the year. The annual,
19 nonrefundable license fee shall be based upon the total amount of
20 square feet of canopy or acres harvested, transferred, or sold by
21 the grower during the previous twelve (12) months. The amount of
22 the fees shall be determined as follows:
23 a. For an indoor, greenhouse, or light deprivation
24 medical marijuana grow facility:
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1 (1) Tier 1: Up to ten thousand (10,000) square feet
2 of canopy, the fee shall be Two Thousand Five
3 Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00),
4 (2) Tier 2: Ten thousand one (10,001) square feet of
5 canopy to twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of
6 canopy, the fee shall be Five Thousand Dollars
7 ($5,000.00),
8 (3) Tier 3: Twenty thousand one (20,001) square feet
9 of canopy to forty thousand (40,000) square feet
10 of canopy, the fee shall be Ten Thousand Dollars
11 ($10,000.00),
12 (4) Tier 4: Forty thousand one (40,001) square feet
13 of canopy to sixty thousand (60,000) square feet
14 of canopy, the fee shall be Twenty Thousand
15 Dollars ($20,000.00),
16 (5) Tier 5: Sixty thousand one (60,001) square feet
17 of canopy to eighty thousand (80,000) square feet
18 of canopy, the fee shall be Thirty Thousand
19 Dollars ($30,000.00),
20 (6) Tier 6: Eighty thousand one (80,001) square feet
21 of canopy to ninety-nine thousand nine hundred
22 ninety-nine (99,999) square feet of canopy, the
23 fee shall be Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00),
24 and
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1 (7) Tier 7: One hundred thousand (100,000) square
2 feet of canopy and beyond, the fee shall be Fifty
3 Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), plus an additional
4 twenty-five cents ($0.25) per square foot of
5 canopy over one hundred thousand (100,000) square
6 feet.
7 b. For an outdoor medical marijuana grow facility:
8 (1) Tier 1: Less than two and one-half (2 1/2)
9 acres, the fee shall be Two Thousand Five Hundred
10 Dollars ($2,500.00),
11 (2) Tier 2: More than two and one-half (2 1/2) acres
12 up to five (5) acres, the fee shall be Five
13 Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00),
14 (3) Tier 3: More than five (5) acres up to ten (10)
15 acres, the fee shall be Ten Thousand Dollars
16 ($10,000.00),
17 (4) Tier 4: More than ten (10) acres up to twenty
18 (20) acres, the fee shall be Twenty Thousand
19 Dollars ($20,000.00),
20 (5) Tier 5: More than twenty (20) acres up to thirty
21 (30) acres, the fee shall be Thirty Thousand
22 Dollars ($30,000.00),
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1 (6) Tier 6: More than thirty (30) acres up to forty
2 (40) acres, the fee shall be Forty Thousand
3 Dollars ($40,000.00),
4 (7) Tier 7: More than forty (40) acres up to fifty
5 (50) acres, the fee shall be Fifty Thousand
6 Dollars ($50,000.00), and
7 (8) Tier 8: If the amount of acreage exceeds fifty
8 (50) acres, the fee shall be Fifty Thousand
9 Dollars ($50,000.00) plus an additional Two
10 Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) per acre.
11 c. For a medical marijuana commercial grower that has a
12 combination of both indoor and outdoor growing
13 facilities at one location, the medical marijuana
14 commercial grower shall be required to obtain a
15 separate license from the Authority for each type of
16 grow operation and shall be subject to the licensing
17 fees provided for in subparagraphs a and b of this
18 paragraph.
19 d. As used in this paragraph:
20 (1) "canopy" means the total surface area within a
21 cultivation area that is dedicated to the
22 cultivation of flowering marijuana plants. The
23 surface area of the plant canopy must be
24 calculated in square feet and measured and must
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1 include all of the area within the boundaries
2 where the cultivation of the flowering marijuana
3 plants occurs. If the surface of the plant
4 canopy consists of noncontiguous areas, each
5 component area must be separated by identifiable
6 boundaries. If a tiered or shelving system is
7 used in the cultivation area, the surface area of
8 each tier or shelf must be included in
9 calculating the area of the plant canopy.
10 Calculation of the area of the plant canopy may
11 not include the areas within the cultivation area
12 that are used to cultivate immature marijuana
13 plants and seedlings, prior to flowering, and
14 that are not used at any time to cultivate mature
15 marijuana plants. If the flowering plants are
16 vertically grown in cylinders, the square footage
17 of the canopy shall be measured by the
18 circumference of the cylinder multiplied by the
19 total length of the cylinder,
20 (2) "greenhouse" means a structure located outdoors
21 that is completely covered by a material that
22 allows a controlled level of light transmission,
23 and
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1 (3) "light deprivation" means a structure that has
2 concrete floors and the ability to manipulate
3 natural light.
4 3. The initial, nonrefundable fee for a medical marijuana
5 processor license shall be Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
6 ($2,500.00). The annual, nonrefundable license fee for a medical
7 marijuana processor license shall be determined based on the
8 previous twelve (12) months as follows:
9 a. Tier 1: The transfer or sale of zero (0) to ten
10 thousand (10,000) pounds of biomass or the production,
11 transfer, or sale of up to one hundred (100) liters of
12 cannabis concentrate, whichever is greater, the annual
13 fee shall be Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
14 ($2,500.00),
15 b. Tier 2: The transfer or sale of ten thousand one
16 (10,001) pounds to fifty thousand (50,000) pounds of
17 biomass or the production, transfer, or sale of one
18 hundred one (101) to three hundred fifty (350) liters
19 of cannabis concentrate, whichever is greater, the
20 annual fee shall be Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00),
21 c. Tier 3: The transfer or sale of fifty thousand one
22 (50,001) pounds to one hundred fifty thousand
23 (150,000) pounds of biomass or the production,
24 transfer, or sale of three hundred fifty-one (351) to
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1 six hundred fifty (650) liters of cannabis
2 concentrate, whichever is greater, the annual fee
3 shall be Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00),
4 d. Tier 4: The transfer or sale of one hundred fifty
5 thousand one (150,001) pounds to three hundred
6 thousand (300,000) pounds of biomass or the
7 production, transfer, or sale of six hundred fifty-one
8 (651) to one thousand (1,000) liters of cannabis
9 concentrate, whichever is greater, the annual fee
10 shall be Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), and
11 e. Tier 5: The transfer or sale of more than three
12 hundred thousand one (300,001) pounds of biomass or
13 the production, transfer, or sale in excess of one
14 thousand one (1,001) liters of cannabis concentrate,
15 the annual fee shall be Twenty Thousand Dollars
16 ($20,000.00).
17 For purposes of this paragraph only, if the cannabis concentrate
18 is in nonliquid form, every one thousand (1,000) grams of
19 concentrated marijuana shall be calculated as one (1) liter of
20 cannabis concentrate.
21 4. The initial, nonrefundable fee for a medical marijuana
22 dispensary license shall be Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
23 ($2,500.00). The annual, nonrefundable license fee for a medical
24 marijuana dispensary license shall be calculated at ten percent
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1 (10%) of the sum of twelve (12) calendar months of the combined
2 annual state sales tax and state excise tax of the dispensary during
3 the previous twelve (12) months. The minimum fee shall be not less
4 than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) and the maximum
5 fee shall not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
6 5. The annual, nonrefundable license fee for a medical
7 marijuana testing laboratory shall be Twenty Thousand Dollars
8 ($20,000.00).
9 E. All applicants seeking licensure or licensure renewal as a
10 medical marijuana business shall comply with the following general
11 requirements:
12 1. All applications for licenses and registrations authorized
13 pursuant to this section shall be made upon forms prescribed by the
14 Authority;
15 2. Each application shall identify the city or county in which
16 the applicant seeks to obtain licensure as a medical marijuana
17 business;
18 3. Applicants shall submit a complete application to the
19 Authority before the application may be accepted or considered;
20 4. All applications shall be complete and accurate in every
21 detail;
22 5. All applications shall include all attachments or
23 supplemental information required by the forms supplied by the
24 Authority;
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1 6. All applications for a transporter license, initial
2 dispensary license, initial processor license, or laboratory license
3 shall be accompanied by a full remittance for the whole amount of
4 the license fee as set forth in subsection D of this section. All
5 submissions of grower applications, renewal processor applications,
6 and renewal dispensary applications shall be accompanied by a
7 remittance of a fee of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
8 ($2,500.00). The Authority shall invoice license applicants, if
9 applicable, and notify applicants in the same method and manner as
10 the application was submitted to the Authority for any additional
11 licensing fees owed pursuant to subsection D of this section prior
12 to approval of a license application. Applicants and licensees
13 shall remit all required license and application fees, including any
14 additional licensing fees, if applicable, in full within forty-five
15 (45) days of notification by the Authority. Failure to remit such
16 fees shall result in the denial of the application. License fees
17 are nonrefundable;
18 7. All applicants shall be approved for licensing review that,
19 at a minimum, meet the following criteria:
20 a. twenty-five (25) years of age or older,
21 b. if applying as an individual, proof that the applicant
22 is a resident of this state pursuant to paragraph 12
23 of this subsection,
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1 c. if applying as an entity, proof that seventy-five
2 percent (75%) of all members, managers, executive
3 officers, partners, board members or any other form of
4 business ownership are residents of this state
5 pursuant to paragraph 12 of this subsection,
6 d. if applying as an individual or entity, proof that the
7 individual or entity is registered to conduct business
8 in this state,
9 e. disclosure of all ownership interests pursuant to the
10 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act,
11 and
12 f. proof that the medical marijuana business, medical
13 marijuana research facility, medical marijuana
14 education facility and medical marijuana waste
15 disposal facility applicant or licensee has not been
16 convicted of a nonviolent felony in the last two (2)
17 years, or any other felony conviction within the last
18 five (5) years, is not a current inmate in the custody
19 of the Department of Corrections, or currently
20 incarcerated in a jail or corrections facility.
21 Upon reasonable suspicion that a medical marijuana business licensee
22 is illegally growing, processing, transferring, selling, disposing,
23 or diverting marijuana, the Authority, the Oklahoma State Bureau of
24 Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Oklahoma State Bureau of
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1 Investigation (OSBI), or the Attorney General may subpoena documents
2 necessary to establish the personal identifying information of all
3 owners and individuals with any ownership interest in the business;
4 8. There shall be no limit to the number of medical marijuana
5 business licenses or categories that an individual or entity can
6 apply for or receive, although each application and each category
7 shall require a separate application, application fee, or license
8 fee. A commercial grower, processor and dispensary, or any
9 combination thereof, are authorized to share the same address or
10 physical location, subject to the restrictions set forth in the
11 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act;
12 9. No medical marijuana business premises is permitted to have
13 multiple licenses of the same type pursuant to the licensing
14 requirements of this section, excluding the following:
15 a. a commercial grower with a combination of an indoor or
16 outdoor growing facility on one parcel of land,
17 b. a licensed medical marijuana processor used by
18 multiple licensees, and
19 c. a licensed medical marijuana business that has an
20 approved application by the Authority while the new
21 business seeks registration from the Oklahoma State
22 Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control
23 pursuant to Section 427.14c of this title;
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1 10. All applicants for a medical marijuana business license,
2 research facility license or education facility license authorized
3 by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act, or for
4 a renewal of such license, shall undergo a national fingerprint-
5 based background check conducted by the Oklahoma State Bureau of
6 Investigation within thirty (30) days prior to the application for
7 the license, including:
8 a. individual applicants applying on their own behalf,
9 b. individuals applying on behalf of an entity,
10 c. all principal officers of an entity, and
11 d. all owners of an entity as defined by the Oklahoma
12 Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act;
13 11. All applicable fees charged by the OSBI are the
14 responsibility of the applicant and shall not be higher than fees
15 charged to any other person or industry for such background checks;
16 12. In order to be considered a resident of this state for
17 purposes of a medical marijuana business application, all applicants
18 shall provide proof of state residency for at least two (2) years
19 immediately preceding the date of application or five (5) years of
20 continuous state residency during the preceding twenty-five (25)
21 years immediately preceding the date of application. Sufficient
22 documentation of proof of residency shall include a combination of
23 the following:
24 a. an unexpired state-issued driver license,
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1 b. a state-issued identification card,
2 c. a utility bill preceding the date of application,
3 excluding cellular telephone and Internet bills,
4 d. a residential property deed to property in this state,
5 and
6 e. a rental agreement preceding the date of application
7 for residential property located in this state.
8 Applicants that were issued a medical marijuana business license
9 prior to August 30, 2019, are hereby exempt from the two-year or
10 five-year Oklahoma residence requirement mentioned above;
11 13. All license applicants shall be required to submit a
12 registration with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and
13 Dangerous Drugs Control as provided in Sections 2-301 through 2-309
14 of this title;
15 14. All applicants shall establish their identity through
16 submission of a color copy or digital image of one of the following
17 unexpired documents:
18 a. front of a state-issued driver license,
19 b. front of a state-issued identification card,
20 c. a United States passport or other photo identification
21 issued by the United States government, or
22 d. a tribal identification card approved for
23 identification purposes by the Department of Public
24 Safety;
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1 15. All applicants shall submit an applicant photograph; and
2 16. All applicants for a medical marijuana business license
3 seeking to operate a commercial growing operation shall file submit,
4 along with their application, a bond as prescribed in Section 427.26
5 of this title land reclamation fee in the amount of Two Thousand
6 Dollars ($2,000.00). Submission and payment of the land reclamation
7 fee by the applicant shall not be required if, upon verification by
8 the Authority, the land upon which the applicant intends to conduct
9 commercial growing operations has been owned by the applicant for a
10 minimum of five (5) years prior to submission of said application.
11 The Authority shall verify that the person making application is the
12 same identical person that is the owner of the land. Land ownership
13 shall be verified by examining recorded property deeds, property tax
14 records, title insurance, or mortgage statements.
15 F. The Authority shall review the medical marijuana business
16 application; approve, reject, or deny the application; and send the
17 approval, rejection, denial, or status-update letter to the
18 applicant in the same method the application was submitted to the
19 Authority within ninety (90) business days of receipt of the
20 application.
21 G. 1. The Authority shall review the medical marijuana
22 business applications, conduct all investigations, inspections, and
23 interviews, and collect all license and application fees before
24 approving the application.
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1 2. Approved applicants shall be issued a medical marijuana
2 business license for the specific category applied under, which
3 shall act as proof of their approved status. Rejection and denial
4 letters shall provide a reason for the rejection or denial.
5 Applications may only be rejected or denied based on the applicant
6 not meeting the standards set forth in the provisions of the
7 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act and Sections
8 420 through 427.28 of this title, improper completion of the
9 application, unpaid license or application fees, or for a reason
10 provided for in the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient
11 Protection Act and Sections 420 through 427.28 of this title. If an
12 application is rejected for failure to provide required information,
13 the applicant shall have thirty (30) days to submit the required
14 information for reconsideration. Unless the Authority determines
15 otherwise, an application that has been resubmitted but is still
16 incomplete or contains errors that are not clerical or typographical
17 in nature shall be denied.
18 3. Status-update letters shall provide a reason for delay in
19 either approval, rejection or denial should a situation arise in
20 which an application was submitted properly but a delay in
21 processing the application occurred.
22 4. Approval, rejection, denial or status-update letters shall
23 be sent to the applicant in the same method the application was
24 submitted to the Authority.
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1 H. A license for a medical marijuana business, medical
2 marijuana research facility, medical marijuana education facility or
3 medical marijuana waste disposal facility shall not be issued to or
4 held by:
5 1. A person until all required fees have been paid;
6 2. A person who has been convicted of a nonviolent felony
7 within two (2) years of the date of application, or within five (5)
8 years for any other felony;
9 3. A corporation, if the criminal history of any of its
10 officers, directors or stockholders indicates that the officer,
11 director or stockholder has been convicted of a nonviolent felony
12 within two (2) years of the date of application, or within five (5)
13 years for any other felony;
14 4. A person under twenty-five (25) years of age;
15 5. A person licensed pursuant to this section who, during a
16 period of licensure, or who, at the time of application, has failed
17 to:
18 a. file taxes, interest or penalties due related to a
19 medical marijuana business, or
20 b. pay taxes, interest or penalties due related to a
21 medical marijuana business;
22 6. A sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer or prosecuting
23 officer, or an officer or employee of the Authority or municipality;
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1 7. A person whose authority to be a caregiver, as defined in
2 Section 427.2 of this title, has been revoked by the Authority; or
3 8. A person who was involved in the management or operations of
4 any medical marijuana business, medical marijuana research facility,
5 medical marijuana education facility or medical marijuana waste
6 disposal facility that, after the initiation of a disciplinary
7 action, has had a medical marijuana license revoked, not renewed, or
8 surrendered during the five (5) years preceding submission of the
9 application and for the following violations:
10 a. unlawful sales or purchases,
11 b. any fraudulent acts, falsification of records or
12 misrepresentation to the Authority, medical marijuana
13 patient licensees, caregiver licensees or medical
14 marijuana business licensees,
15 c. any grossly inaccurate or fraudulent reporting,
16 d. threatening or harming any medical marijuana patient,
17 caregiver, medical practitioner or employee of the
18 Authority,
19 e. knowingly or intentionally refusing to permit the
20 Authority access to premises or records,
21 f. using a prohibited, hazardous substance for processing
22 in a residential area,
23 g. criminal acts relating to the operation of a medical
24 marijuana business, or
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1 h. any violations that endanger public health and safety
2 or product safety.
3 I. In investigating the qualifications of an applicant or a
4 licensee, the Authority and municipalities may have access to
5 criminal history record information furnished by a criminal justice
6 agency subject to any restrictions imposed by such an agency.
7 J. The failure of an applicant or licensee to provide the
8 requested information by the Authority deadline may be grounds for
9 denial of the application.
10 K. All applicants and licensees shall submit information to the
11 Authority in a full, faithful, truthful and fair manner. The
12 Authority may recommend denial of an application where the applicant
13 or licensee made misstatements, omissions, misrepresentations or
14 untruths in the application or in connection with the background
15 investigation of the applicant. This type of conduct may be grounds
16 for administrative action against the applicant or licensee. Typos
17 and scrivener errors shall not be grounds for denial.
18 L. A licensed medical marijuana business premises shall be
19 subject to and responsible for compliance with applicable provisions
20 consistent with the zoning where such business is located as
21 described in the most recent versions of the Oklahoma Uniform
22 Building Code, the International Building Code and the International
23 Fire Code, unless granted an exemption by a municipality or
24 appropriate code enforcement entity.
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1 M. All medical marijuana business, medical marijuana research
2 facility, medical marijuana education facility and medical marijuana
3 waste disposal facility licensees shall pay the relevant licensure
4 fees prior to receiving licensure to operate. Applicants and
5 licensees shall remit all required license and application fees,
6 including any additional licensing fees, if applicable, in full
7 within forty-five (45) days of notification by the Authority.
8 Failure to remit such fees shall result in the denial of the
9 application.
10 N. A medical marijuana business, medical marijuana research
11 facility, medical marijuana education facility or medical marijuana
12 waste disposal facility that attempts to renew its license after the
13 expiration date of the license shall pay a late renewal fee of Five
14 Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per week that the license is expired.
15 Late renewal fees are nonrefundable. A license that has been
16 expired for more than sixty (60) calendar days shall not be renewed.
17 Only license renewal applications submitted at least sixty (60)
18 calendar days prior to the expiration date shall be considered
19 timely submitted and subject to the provisions of subsection F of
20 this section. A medical marijuana business license shall remain
21 unexpired during the pendency of the application for renewal
22 provided that such application was timely submitted. The Authority
23 shall allow renewal applications to be submitted at least one
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1 hundred twenty (120) calendar days prior to the expiration date of a
2 medical marijuana business license.
3 O. Except as provided by this section, immediately upon
4 expiration of a license, any medical marijuana business, medical
5 marijuana research facility, medical marijuana education facility,
6 or medical marijuana waste disposal facility shall cease all
7 possession, transfer, or sale of medical marijuana or medical
8 marijuana products. Any continued possession, sale, or transfer
9 shall subject the business owners and operators to felony
10 prosecution pursuant to the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances
11 Act.
12 P. A medical marijuana business license holder shall require
13 all individuals employed under his or her license to be issued a
14 credential pursuant to the provisions of Section 427.14b of this
15 title prior to employment.
16 Q. An original medical marijuana business license issued on or
17 after June 26, 2018, by the Authority, for a medical marijuana
18 commercial grower, a medical marijuana processor or a medical
19 marijuana dispensary shall be deemed to have been grandfathered into
20 the location on the date the original license was first issued for
21 purposes of determining the authority of the business to conduct and
22 continue the same type of business at that location under a license
23 issued by the Authority, except as may be provided in Sections 425
24 and 426.1 of this title. Any change in ownership after the original
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1 medical marijuana business license has been issued by the Authority
2 shall be construed by the Authority to be a continuation of the same
3 type of business originally licensed at that location. Nothing
4 shall authorize the Authority to deny issuance or renewal of a
5 license or transfer of license due to a change in ownership for the
6 same business location previously licensed, except when a revocation
7 is otherwise authorized by law or a protest is made under the
8 municipal compliance provisions of Section 426.1 of this title.
9 R. A medical marijuana business license holder shall require
10 all individuals employed under their license to be issued a
11 credential pursuant to the provisions of Section 427.14b of this
12 title prior to employment.
13 S. The Executive Director of the Authority may promulgate rules
14 to implement the provisions of this section including, but not
15 limited to, required application materials to be submitted by the
16 applicant and utilized by the Authority to determine medical
17 marijuana business licensing fees pursuant to this section.
18 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
19 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 427.5b of Title 63, unless there
20 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
21 A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
22 fund for the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to be designated
23 the "Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Land Reclamation Revolving Fund".
24 The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year
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1 limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the
2 Authority from land reclamation fees collected pursuant to the
3 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act. All monies
4 accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may
5 be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority
6 for the purposes provided for in this section. Expenditures from
7 the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer
8 against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the
9 Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and
10 payment. Up to Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) of the funds
11 received by and credited to the fund may be used and expended by the
12 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority for environmental remediation
13 and redevelopment projects. Any remaining funds shall be deposited
14 in the General Revenue Fund in the State Treasury.
15 SECTION 3. REPEALER Section 2, Chapter 41, O.S.L. 2023
16 (63 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 427.26), is hereby repealed.
17 SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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