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Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie 1
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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 7
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 11
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To declare the existence of an emergency basis, due to congressional review, with respect 15
to the need to amend the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment 16
Initiative of 1999 to provide a deadline date by which existing cultivation centers 17
and dispensaries must file their applications with ABCA for additional medical 18
cannabis facility licenses, to not allow a cultivation center to also hold an internet 19
retailer license, to provide that the 2 cultivation center registration applicants that 20
tied for second and received the same total score after submitting a medical 21
cannabis facility registration application to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board 22
between November 29, 2021 and March 28, 2022, be awarded a cultivation center 23
registration, to provide that other cultivation center and dispensary registration 24
applicants that scored 150 points or more after submitting a medical cannabis 25
facility registration application to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board during 26
the same open application period be considered for a cultivation center or retailer 27
registration, and to allow a cultivation center and dispensary registration applicant 28
that scored 150 points or more to change the location of its facility without 29
otherwise affecting the status of its application. 30
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RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That 32
this resolution may be cited as the “Medical Cannabis Clarification Supplemental 33
Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2024”. 34
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Sec. 2. (a) There existed an immediate need to provide a deadline date by which 36
existing cultivation centers and dispensaries must file their applications with ABCA for 37
additional medical cannabis facility licenses, to not allow a cultivation center to also hold 38
an internet retailer license, to provide that the 2 cultivation center registration applicants 39
that tied for second and received the same total score after submitting a medical cannabis 40 2
facility registration application to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board between 41
November 29, 2021 and March 28, 2022, be awarded a cultivation center registration, to 42
provide that other cultivation center and dispensary registration applicants that scored 43
150 points or more after submitting a medical cannabis facility registration application to 44
the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board during the same open application period be 45
considered for a cultivation center or retailer registration, and to allow a cultivation center 46
and dispensary registration applicant that scored 150 points or more to change the 47
location of its facility without otherwise affecting the status of its application. 48
(b) In February 2024, the Council enacted the Medical Cannabis Clarification 49
Supplemental Emergency Amendment Act of 2024, effective February 22, 2024 (D.C. 50
Act 25-403; 71 DCR 2101), (“emergency legislation”) and the Medical Cannabis 51
Clarification Supplemental Temporary Amendment Act of 2024, passed on 2nd reading 52
on March 5, 2024 (Enrolled version Bill 25-679), (“temporary legislation”) to address the 53
above-referenced needs. 54
(c) The emergency legislation expires on May 22, 2024. The temporary 55
legislation must still complete the 30-day review period required by section 602(c)(1) of 56
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; 57
D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and will not become law until after the emergency 58
legislation has expired. 59
(d) It is necessary that the provisions of the emergency legislation continue in 60
effect, without interruption, until the temporary legislation is in effect. 61
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 62
constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Medical Cannabis 63 3
Clarification Supplemental Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 64
be adopted after a single reading. 65
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 66