Correction: An earlier version of this article stated that the Vermont House Government Operations Committee removed provisions from the bill that would have raised THC caps and cut the cannabis excise tax. In fact, those provisions were stripped by a Senate committee before the bill passed the full Senate on March 27 and were not in the version that came to the House. The House committee’s primary change was to remove authorization for cannabis delivery services. The headline, lede, and a line in the first paragraph have been corrected. Thank you to Vermont Growers Association for alerting us to the error.
A Vermont House committee further narrowed a cannabis regulation bill that the Senate had already significantly trimmed, Compass Vermont reports. The House Government Operations Committee removed authorization for cannabis delivery services from the Senate-passed version of the bill. Additional provisions such as removing the 30% THC cap on flower entirely, raising the THC cap on concentrates from 60% to 70%, and cutting the excise tax from 14% to 10% had already been stripped by a Senate committee before the bill passed the full Senate on March 27.
The committee retained provisions to double the per-package THC limit on edibles from 100 milligrams to 200 milligrams; raise the personal possession and retail transaction limit from one ounce to two ounces and the hash possession limit from 5 grams to 10 grams; reduce outdoor cultivator license fees by roughly half; establish a two-year pilot program for cannabis event permits; convert industry employee licenses from annual to biennial; repeal the integrated license type; and authorizing the governor to enter interstate commercial cannabis compacts if federal law changes.
The legislation moves next to the House Appropriations Committee. If approved, the proposal will be moved to the full chamber but would have to be re-approved by the Senate due to the House changes.
