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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 518 By: Alvord
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to medical marijuana packaging;
7 amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 427.18, as last
8 amended by Section 144, Chapter 452, O.S.L. 2024 (63
8 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 427.18), which relates to
9 packaging and labeling requirements; requiring
9 certain labeling; and providing an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 427.18, as
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14 last amended by Section 144, Chapter 452, O.S.L. 2024 (63 O.S. Supp.
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15 2024, Section 427.18), is amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 427.18. A. A medical marijuana business shall not
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17 sell, transfer or otherwise distribute medical marijuana or medical
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18 marijuana product that has not been packaged and labeled in
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19 accordance with this section and rules promulgated by the Executive
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20 Director of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority.
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21 B. A medical marijuana dispensary shall return medical
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22 marijuana and medical marijuana product that does not meet packaging
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23 or labeling requirements in this section or rules promulgated
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24 pursuant thereto to the entity who transferred it to the dispensary.
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1 The medical marijuana dispensary shall document to whom the item was
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2 returned, what was returned, and the date of the return, or dispose
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3 of any usable marijuana that does not meet these requirements in
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4 accordance with the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient
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5 Protection Act.
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6 C. 1. Medical marijuana packaging shall be packaged to
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7 minimize its appeal to children and shall not depict images other
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8 than the business name logo of the medical marijuana producer and
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9 image of the product.
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10 2. A medical marijuana business shall not place any content on
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11 a container in a manner that reasonably appears to target
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12 individuals under the age of twenty-one (21) including, but not
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13 limited to, cartoon characters or similar images.
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14 3. Labels on a container shall not include any false or
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15 misleading statements.
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16 4. No container shall be intentionally or knowingly labeled so
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17 as to cause a reasonable patient confusion as to whether the medical
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18 marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate or medical marijuana
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19 product is a trademarked product or labeled in a manner that
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20 violates any federal trademark law or regulation. The label on the
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21 container shall include a warning that states the following:
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22 a. "For use by licensed medical marijuana patients only",
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24 b. "Keep out of reach of children"., and
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1 c. "Marijuana and marijuana products can impair
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2 concentration, coordination, and judgment: a person
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3 should not operate a motor vehicle while under the
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4 influence of marijuana or marijuana products. The
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5 ingestion of any amount of marijuana or marijuana
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6 products before driving may result in criminal
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7 prosecution for driving under the influence."
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8 5. The label on the container shall not make any claims
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9 regarding health or physical benefits to the patient.
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10 6. The container itself may be clear in order to allow licensed
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11 medical marijuana patients and licensed medical marijuana caregivers
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12 the ability to view the product inside the container but shall be
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13 child-resistant, as defined in Section 427.2 of this title.
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14 7. At the point of sale and transfer of any medical marijuana,
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15 medical marijuana concentrate, or medical marijuana products to a
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16 licensed medical marijuana patient or licensed medical marijuana
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17 caregiver, the dispensary shall place the medical marijuana, medical
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18 marijuana concentrate, or medical marijuana products in an exit
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19 package, as such term is defined in Section 427.2 of this title.
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20 D. The Executive Director shall develop minimum standards for
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21 packaging and labeling of medical marijuana, medical marijuana
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22 concentrate, and medical marijuana products. Such standards shall
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23 include, but not be limited to, the required contents of labels to
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24 be affixed to all medical marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate,
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1 and medical marijuana products prior to transfer to a licensed
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2 patient or caregiver, which shall include, at a minimum:
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3 1. THC and other cannabinoid potency, and terpenoid potency;
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4 2. A statement indicating that the product has been tested for
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5 contaminants;
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6 3. One or more product warnings to be determined by the
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10 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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