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31		-	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33		-	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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35	28		ENGROSSED SENATE
36	29		BILL NO. 1980 By: Paxton of the Senate
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40	33		Marti of the House
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45	38		[ medical marijuana - definitions - effective date ]
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51	44		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
52	45		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S . 2021, Section 427.2, as
53	46		last amended by Section 1, Chapter 317, O.S.L. 2022 (63 O.S. Supp.
54	47		2023, Section 427.2), is amended to read as follows:
55	48		Section 427.2. As used in the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and
56	49		Patient Protection Act:
57	50		1. “Advertising” means the act of providing consideration for
58	51		the publication, dissemination, solicitation or circulation, of
59	52		visual, oral or written communication t o induce directly or
60	53		indirectly any person to patronize a particular medical marijuana
61	54		business, or to purchase pa rticular medical marijuana or a medical
62	55		marijuana product. Advertising includes marketing, but does not
63	56		include packaging and labeling;
	57	+	2. “Authority” means the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority;
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92	84		3. “Batch number” means a unique numeric or alphanumer ic
93	85		identifier assigned prior to testing to allow for inventory tracking
94	86		and traceability;
95	87		4. “Cannabinoid” means any of the chemical compound s that are
96	88		active principles of marijuana;
97	89		5. “Caregiver” means a family member or assistant who regularly
98	90		looks after a medical marijuana license holder whom a physician
99	91		attests needs assistance;
100	92		6. “Child-resistant” means special packaging that is:
101	93		a. designed or constructed to be significantly difficult
102	94		for children under five (5) years of age to open and
103	95		not difficult for normal adults to use properly as
104	96		defined by 16 C.F.R. 1700.15 (1995) and 16 C.F.R.
105	97		1700.20 (1995),
106	98		b. opaque so that the outermost packaging does not allow
107	99		the product to be seen without opening the packaging
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109	101		c. resealable to maintain its child-resistant
110	102		effectiveness for multiple openings for any product
111	103		intended for more than a single use or containing
112	104		multiple servings;
	105	+	7. “Clone” means a nonflowering plant cut from a mother plant
	106	+	that is capable of developing into a new plant a nd has shown no
	107	+	signs of flowering;
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140		-	7. “Clone” means a nonflowering plant cut from a mother plant
141		-	that is capable of developing into a new plant a nd has shown no
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143	134		8. “Commissioner” means the State Commissioner of Health;
144	135		9. “Complete application ” means a document pre pared in
145	136		accordance with the provisions set forth in the Oklahoma Medical
146	137		Marijuana and Patient Protection Act, ru les promulgated pursuant
147	138		thereto, and the forms and instructions provided by the Department
148	139		including any supporting documentation required and the applicable
149	140		license application fee;
150	141		10. “Department” means the State Department of Health;
151	142		11. “Director” means the Executive Director of the Oklahoma
152	143		Medical Marijuana Authority;
153	144		12. “Dispense” means the selling of medical marijuana or a
154	145		medical marijuana product to a qualified patient or the designated
155	146		caregiver of the patient that is packaged in a suitable container
156	147		appropriately labeled for subsequent administration to or use by a
157	148		qualifying patient;
158	149		13. “Dispensary” means a medical marijuana dispensary, an
159	150		entity that has been licensed by the Department pursuant to the
160	151		Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Pati ent Protection Act to purchase
161	152		medical marijuana or medical marijuana products from a licensed
162	153		medical marijuana commercial grower or medical marijuana processor,
163	154		sell medical marijuana or medical marijuana products to patients and
	155	+	caregivers as defined un der the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and
	156	+	Patient Protection Act, or sell or transfer products to another
	157	+	dispensary;
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191		-	caregivers as defined un der the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and
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194	184		14. “Edible medical marijuana product ” means any medical-
195	185		marijuana-infused product for which the intended use is oral
196	186		consumption including, but not limited to, any type of food, drink
197	187		or pill;
198	188		15. “Entity” means an individual, general partnership, limited
199	189		partnership, limited lia bility company, trust, estate, association,
200	190		corporation, cooperative or any other legal or commercial entity;
201	191		16. “Flower” means the reproductive organs of the marijuana or
202	192		cannabis plant referred to as the bud or parts of the plant that are
203	193		harvested and used to consume in a variety of medical marijuana
204	194		products;
205	195		17. “Flowering” means the reproductive state of the marijuana
206	196		or cannabis plant in which there are physical signs of flower or
207	197		budding out of the nodes of the stem;
208	198		18. “Food-based medical marijuana concentrate” means a medical
209	199		marijuana concentrate that was produced by extracting cannabinoids
210	200		from medical marijuana through the use of propylene glycol,
211	201		glycerin, butter, olive oil, coconut oil or other typical food -safe
212	202		cooking fats;
	203	+	19. “Good cause” for purposes of an initial, renewal or
	204	+	reinstatement license application, or for purposes of discipline of
	205	+	a licensee, means:
	206	+	a. the licensee or applicant has violated, does not meet,
	207	+	or has failed to comply with any of the terms,
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240		-	19. “Good cause” for purposes of an initial, renewal or
241		-	reinstatement license application, or for purposes of discipline of
242		-	a licensee, means:
243		-	a. the licensee or applicant has violated, does not meet,
244		-	or has failed to comply with any of the terms,
245	234		conditions or provisions of the act, any rules
246	235		promulgated pursuant thereto, or any supplemental
247	236		relevant state or local law, rule or regulation,
248	237		b. the licensee or applicant has failed to comply with
249	238		any special terms or conditions that were placed upon
250	239		the license pursuant to an order of the State
251	240		Department of Health, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
252	241		Authority or the municipality, or
253	242		c. the licensed premises of a medical marijuana business
254	243		or applicant have been operated in a manner that
255	244		adversely affects the public health or we lfare or the
256	245		safety of the immediate vicinity in which the
257	246		establishment is located;
258	247		20. “Harvest batch” means a specifically identified quantity of
259	248		medical marijuana that is uniform in strain, cultivated utilizing
260	249		the same cultivation practices, harvested at the same time from the
261	250		same location and cured under uniform conditions;
262	251		21. “Harvested marijuana” means post-flowering medical
263	252		marijuana not including trim, concentrate or waste;
	253	+	22. “Heat- or pressure-based medical marijuana concentrate ”
	254	+	means a medical marijuana concentrate that was produced by
	255	+	extracting cannabinoids from medical marijuana through the use o f
	256	+	heat or pressure;
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291		-	22. “Heat- or pressure-based medical marijuana concentrate ”
292		-	means a medical marijuana concentrate that was produced by
293		-	extracting cannabinoids from medical marijuana through the use o f
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295	283		23. “Hemp-derived cannabinoid product ” means a product that
296	284		contains cannabinoids that are extracted from hemp or resin from
297	285		hemp by physical or chemical means and is intended for
298	286		administration to a consumer including, but not limited to,
299	287		concentrates, oils, tinctures, edibles, pills, topicals, gels,
300	288		creams, and other derivative forms. The term shall also mean
301	289		products available for animal or human consumption, which may be in
302	290		the form of inhalation into the respiratory system and ing estion in
303	291		the gastrointestinal system, or tissue absorption. The term shall
304	292		not include seeds or seed -derived ingredients that are generally
305	293		recognized as safe by the United States Food and Drug
306	294		Administration;
307	295		24. “Immature plant” means a nonflowering m arijuana plant that
308	296		has not demonstrated signs of flowering;
309	297		24. 25. “Inventory tracking system ” means the required tracking
310	298		system that accounts for medical marijuana from either the seed or
311	299		immature plant stage until the medical marijuana or medical
312	300		marijuana product is sold to a patient at a medical marijuana
313	301		dispensary, transferred to a medical marijuana research facility,
	302	+	destroyed by a medical marijuana business or used in a research
	303	+	project by a medical marijuana research facility;
	304	+	25. 26. “Licensed patient” or “patient” means a person who has
	305	+	been issued a medical marijuana patient license by the State
	306	+	Department of Health or Oklahoma M edical Marijuana Authority;
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341		-	destroyed by a medical mar ijuana business or used in a research
342		-	project by a medical marijuana research facility;
343		-	25. 26. “Licensed patient” or “patient” means a person who has
344		-	been issued a medical marijuana patient license by the State
345		-	Department of Health or Oklahoma M edical Marijuana Authority;
346	333		26. 27. “Licensed premises” means the premises specified in an
347	334		application for a medi cal marijuana business license, medical
348	335		marijuana research facility license or medical marijuana education
349	336		facility license pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and
350	337		Patient Protection Act that are owned or in possession of the
351	338		licensee and within whi ch the licensee is authorized to cultivate,
352	339		manufacture, distribute, sell, store, transport, test or research
353	340		medical marijuana or medical mar ijuana products in accordance with
354	341		the provisions of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient
355	342		Protection Act and rules promulgated pursuant thereto;
356	343		27. 28. “Manufacture” means the production, propagation,
357	344		compounding or processing of a medical marijuana product, excluding
358	345		marijuana plants, either directly or indirectly by extraction from
359	346		substances of natural or s ynthetic origin, or independently by means
360	347		of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and
361	348		chemical synthesis;
362	349		28. 29. “Marijuana” shall have the same meaning as such term is
363	350		defined in Section 2 -101 of this title and shall not include any
364	351		plant or material containing delta -8 or delta-10
	352	+	tetrahydrocannabinol which is grown, processed or sold pursuant to
	353	+	the provisions of the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program unless the
	354	+	plant or material containing delta -8 or delta-10
	355	+	tetrahydrocannabinol is use d in a hemp-derived cannabinoid product ;
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392		-	tetrahydrocannabinol which is grown, processed or sold pursuant to
393		-	the provisions of the Oklahoma Indust rial Hemp Program unless the
394		-	plant or material containing delta -8 or delta-10
395		-	tetrahydrocannabinol is use d in a hemp-derived cannabinoid product ;
396	382		29. 30. “Material change” means any change that would require a
397	383		substantive revision to the standard operating procedures of a
398	384		licensee for the cultivation or production of medical marijuana,
399	385		medical marijuana conc entrate or medical marijuana products;
400	386		30. 31. “Mature plant” means a harvestable female marijuana
401	387		plant that is flowering;
402	388		31. 32. “Medical marijuana business (MMB) ” means a licensed
403	389		medical marijuana dispensary, medical marijuana processor, medical
404	390		marijuana commercial grower, medical marijuana laboratory, medical
405	391		marijuana business operator or a medical marijuana transporter;
406	392		32. 33. “Medical marijuana concentrate ” or “concentrate” means
407	393		a specific subset of medical marijuana that was produced by
408	394		extracting cannabinoids from medical marijuana. Categories of
409	395		medical marijuana concentrate include water -based medical marijuana
410	396		concentrate, food-based medical marijuana concentrate, solvent -based
411	397		medical marijuana concentrate, and heat - or pressure-based medical
412	398		marijuana concentrate;
413	399		33. 34. “Medical marijuana commercial grower ” or “commercial
414	400		grower” means an entity licensed to cultivate, pre pare and package
415	401		medical marijuana and transfer or contract for transfer medical
	402	+	marijuana to a medical marijuana dispensary, medical marijuana
	403	+	processor, any other medical marijuana commercial grower, medical
	404	+	marijuana research facility, medical marijuana education facility
	405	+	and pesticide manufacturers. A commercial grower may sell seeds,
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443		-	marijuana to a medical marijuana dispensary, medical marijuana
444		-	processor, any other medical marijuana commercial grower, medical
445		-	marijuana research facility, medical marijuana educatio n facility
446		-	and pesticide manufacturers. A commercial grower may sell seeds,
447	432		flower or clones to commerci al growers pursuant to the Oklahoma
448	433		Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act;
449	434		34. 35. “Medical marijuana education facility ” or “education
450	435		facility” means a person or entity approved pursuant to the Oklahoma
451	436		Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Ac t to operate a facility
452	437		providing training and education to individuals involving the
453	438		cultivation, growing, harvesting, curing, preparing, packaging or
454	439		testing of medical marijuana, or the production, manufacture,
455	440		extraction, processing, packaging or creat ion of medical-marijuana-
456	441		infused products or medical marijuana products as described in the
457	442		Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act;
458	443		35. 36. “Medical-marijuana-infused product” means a product
459	444		infused with medical marijuana including, but no t limited to, edible
460	445		products, ointments and tinctures;
461	446		36. 37. “Medical marijuana product ” or “product” means a
462	447		product that contains cannabinoids that have been extracted from
463	448		plant material or the resin therefrom by physical or chemical means
464	449		and is intended for administration to a qualified patient including,
465	450		but not limited to, oils, tinctures, edibles, pills, topical forms,
466	451		gels, creams, vapors, patches, liquids and forms administered by a
	452	+	nebulizer, excluding live plant forms which are considered me dical
	453	+	marijuana;
	454	+	37. 38. “Medical marijuana processor ” means a person or entity
	455	+	licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient
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494		-	nebulizer, excluding live plant forms which are considered me dical
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496		-	37. 38. “Medical marijuana processor ” means a person or entity
497		-	licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient
498	482		Protection Act to operate a business including the production,
499	483		manufacture, extraction, processing, packaging o r creation of
500	484		concentrate, medical -marijuana-infused products or medical marijuana
501	485		products as described in the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient
502	486		Protection Act;
503	487		38. 39. “Medical marijuana research facility ” or “research
504	488		facility” means a person or entity approved pursuant to the Oklahoma
505	489		Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act to conduct medical
506	490		marijuana research. A medical marijuana research facility is not a
507	491		medical marijuana business;
508	492		39. 40. “Medical marijuana testing laboratory ” or “laboratory”
509	493		means a public or private laboratory licensed pursuant to the
510	494		Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act, to conduct
511	495		testing and research on medical marijuana and medical marijuana
512	496		products;
513	497		40. 41. “Medical marijuana transporter ” or “transporter” means
514	498		a person or entity that is licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical
515	499		Marijuana and Patient Protection Act. A medical marijuana
516	500		transporter does not include a medical marijuana business that
517	501		transports its own medical marijuana, medical m arijuana concentrate
	502	+	or medical marijuana products to a property or facility adjacent to
	503	+	or connected to the licensed premises if the property is another
	504	+	licensed premises of the same medical marijuana business;
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545		-	or medical marijuana products to a property or facility adjacent to
546		-	or connected to the licensed premises if the property is another
547		-	licensed premises of the same medical marijuana business;
548	531		41. 42. “Medical marijuana waste ” or “waste” means unused,
549	532		surplus, returned or out -of-date marijuana, plant debris of the
550	533		plant of the genus Cannabis including dead plants and all unused
551	534		plant parts and roots, except the term shall not include roots,
552	535		stems, stalks and fan leaves;
553	536		42. 43. “Medical use” means the acquisition, possession, use,
554	537		delivery, transfer or transportation of medical marijuana, medical
555	538		marijuana products, medical m arijuana devices or paraphernalia
556	539		relating to the administration of medical marijuana to treat a
557	540		licensed patient;
558	541		43. 44. “Mother plant” means a marijuana plant that is grown or
559	542		maintained for the purpose of generating clones, and that will not
560	543		be used to produce plant material for sale to a medical marijuana
561	544		processor or medical marijuana dispensary;
562	545		44. 45. “Oklahoma physician” or “physician” means a physician
563	546		licensed by and in good standing with the State Board of Medical
564	547		Licensure and Supervision, t he State Board of Osteopathic Examiners
565	548		or the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners;
566	549		45. 46. “Oklahoma resident” means an individual who can provide
567	550		proof of residency as required by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and
568	551		Patient Protection Act;
	552	+	46. 47. “Owner” means, except where the context otherwise
	553	+	requires, a direct beneficial owner including, but not limited to,
	554	+	all persons or entities as follows:
569	555
570		-	SB1980 HFLR Page 12
571		-	BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1
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596		-	46. 47. “Owner” means, except where the context otherwise
597		-	requires, a direct beneficial owner including, but not limited to,
598		-	all persons or entities as follows:
599	581		a. all shareholders owning an interest of a corporate
600	582		entity and all officers of a corporate entity,
601	583		b. all partners of a general partnership,
602	584		c. all general partners and all limited partners that own
603	585		an interest in a lim ited partnership,
604	586		d. all members that own an interest in a limited
605	587		liability company,
606	588		e. all beneficiaries that hold a beneficial interest in a
607	589		trust and all trustees of a trust,
608	590		f. all persons or entities that own interest in a joint
609	591		venture,
610	592		g. all persons or entities that own an interest in an
611	593		association,
612	594		h. the owners of any other type of legal entity, and
613	595		i. any other person holding an int erest or convertible
614	596		note in any entity which owns, operates or manages a
615	597		licensed facility;
616	598		47. 48. “Package” or “packaging” means any container or wrapper
617	599		that may be used by a medical marijuana business to enclose or
618	600		contain medical marijuana;
	601	+	48. 49. “Person” means a natural person, partnership,
	602	+	association, business trust, company, corporation, estate, limited
	603	+	liability company, trust or any other legal entity or organization,
	604	+	or a manager, agent, owner, director, servant, officer or employee
619	605
620		-	SB1980 HFLR Page 13
621		-	BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1
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646		-	48. 49. “Person” means a natural person, partnership,
647		-	association, business trust, company, corporation, estate, limited
648		-	liability company, trust or any other legal entity or organization,
649		-	or a manager, agent, owner, director, servant, officer or employee
650	631		thereof, except that person does not include any governmental
651	632		organization;
652	633		49. 50. “Pesticide” means any substance or m ixture of
653	634		substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or
654	635		mitigating any pest or any substance or mixture of substances
655	636		intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant,
656	637		except that the term pesticide shall not include any article that is
657	638		a “new animal drug” as designated by the United States Food and Drug
658	639		Administration;
659	640		50. 51. “Production batch” means:
660	641		a. any amount of medical marijuana concentrate of the
661	642		same category and produced using the same extraction
662	643		methods, standard op erating procedures and an
663	644		identical group of harvest batch of medical marijuana,
664	645		or
665	646		b. any amount of medical marijuana product of the same
666	647		exact type, produced using the same ingredients,
667	648		standard operating procedures and the same production
668	649		batch of medical marijuana concentrate;
	650	+	51. 52. “Public institution” means any entity established or
	651	+	controlled by the federal government, state government , or a local
	652	+	government or municipality including, but not limited to,
	653	+	institutions of higher education or related research institutions;
669	654
670		-	SB1980 HFLR Page 14
671		-	BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1
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696		-	51. 52. “Public institution” means any entity established or
697		-	controlled by the federal government, state government , or a local
698		-	government or municipality including, but not limited to,
699		-	institutions of higher education or related research institutions;
700	680		52. 53. “Public money” means any funds or money obtained by the
701	681		holder from any governmental entity including, but not limited to,
702	682		research grants;
703	683		53. 54. “Recommendation” means a document that is signed or
704	684		electronically submitt ed by a physician on behalf of a patient for
705	685		the use of medical marijuana pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical
706	686		Marijuana and Patient Protection Ac t;
707	687		54. 55. “Registered to conduct business ” means a person that
708	688		has provided proof that the business applicant is in good standing
709	689		with the Secretary of State and Oklahoma Tax Commission;
710	690		55. 56. “Remediation” means the process by which the medical
711	691		marijuana flower or trim, which has failed microbial testing, is
712	692		processed into solvent -based medical marijuana concent rate and
713	693		retested as required by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient
714	694		Protection Act;
715	695		56. 57. “Research project” means a discrete scien tific endeavor
716	696		to answer a research question or a set of research questions related
717	697		to medical marijuana and is re quired for a medical marijuana
718	698		research license. A research project shall include a description of
719	699		a defined protocol, clearly articulated goals, defined methods and
	700	+	outputs, and a defined start and end date. The description shall
	701	+	demonstrate that the re search project will comply with all
	702	+	requirements in the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient
	703	+	Protection Act and rules promulgated pursuant t hereto. All research
720	704
721		-	SB1980 HFLR Page 15
722		-	BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1
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747		-	outputs, and a defined start and end date. The description shall
748		-	demonstrate that the re search project will comply with all
749		-	requirements in the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient
750		-	Protection Act and rules promulgated pursuant t hereto. All research
751	730		and development conducted by a medical marijuana research facility
752	731		shall be conducted in fur therance of an approved research project;
753	732		57. 58. “Revocation” means the final decision by the Department
754	733		that any license issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
755	734		and Patient Protection Act is rescinded because the individual or
756	735		entity does not comply with the applicable requirements set forth in
757	736		the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act or rules
758	737		promulgated pursuant t hereto;
759	738		58. 59. “School” means a public or private preschool, a public
760	739		or private elementary or secondary school, or a technology center
761	740		school which is primarily used for classroom instruction. A
762	741		homeschool, daycare or child -care facility shall not be considered a
763	742		“school” as used in the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient
764	743		Protection Act;
765	744		59. 60. “Shipping container” means a hard-sided container with
766	745		a lid or other enclosure that can be secured in place. A shipping
767	746		container is used solely for the t ransport of medical marijuana,
768	747		medical marijuana concentrate, or medical marijuana products between
769	748		medical marijuana businesses, a medical marijuana research facility,
770	749		or a medical marijuana education facility;
	750	+	60. 61. “Solvent-based medical marijuana concentrate ” means a
	751	+	medical marijuana concentrate that was produced by extracting
	752	+	cannabinoids from medical marijua na through the use of a solvent
	753	+	approved by the Department;
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772		-	SB1980 HFLR Page 16
773		-	BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1
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798		-	60. 61. “Solvent-based medical marijuana concentrate ” means a
799		-	medical marijuana concentrate that was produced by extracting
800		-	cannabinoids from medical marijua na through the use of a solvent
801		-	approved by the Department;
802	780		61. 62. “State Question” means Oklahoma State Question No. 788,
803	781		Initiative Petition No. 412, approved by a majority vote of the
804	782		citizens of Oklahoma on June 26, 2018;
805	783		62. 63. “Strain” means the classification of marijuana or
806	784		cannabis plants in either pure sativa, indica, afghanica, ruderalis
807	785		or hybrid varieties;
808	786		63. 64. “THC” means tetrahydrocannabinol, which is the primary
809	787		psychotropic cannabinoid in marijuana formed by decarboxylation of
810	788		naturally tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, which generally occurs by
811	789		exposure to heat;
812	790		64. 65. “Test batch” means with regard to usable marijuana, a
813	791		homogenous, identified quantity of usable marijuana by strain, no
814	792		greater than ten (10) pounds, that is harvested d uring a seven-day
815	793		period from a specified cultivation area, and with regard to oils,
816	794		vapors and waxes derived from usable marijuana, means an identified
817	795		quantity that is uniform, that is intended to meet specifications
818	796		for identity, strength and compositio n, and that is manufactured,
819	797		packaged and labeled during a specified time period according to a
820	798		single manufacturing, packaging and labeling p rotocol;
	799	+	65. 66. “Transporter agent” means a person who transports
	800	+	medical marijuana or medical marijuana product s for a licensed
	801	+	transporter and holds a transporter agent license pursuant to the
	802	+	Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act;
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822		-	SB1980 HFLR Page 17
823		-	BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1
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848		-	65. 66. “Transporter agent” means a person who transports
849		-	medical marijuana or medical marijuana product s for a licensed
850		-	transporter and holds a transporter agent license pursuant to the
851		-	Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act;
852	829		66. 67. “Universal symbol” means the image established by the
853	830		State Department of Health or Oklahoma Medical Marijuan a Authority
854	831		and made available to licensees through its website indicating that
855	832		the medical marijuana or the medical marijuana product contain s THC;
856	833		67. 68. “Usable marijuana” means the dried leaves, flowers,
857	834		oils, vapors, waxes and other portions of the marijuana plant and
858	835		any mixture or preparation thereof, excluding seeds, roots, stems,
859	836		stalks and fan leaves; and
860	837		68. 69. “Water-based medical marijuana concentrate ” means a
861	838		concentrate that was produced by extracting cannabinoids from
862	839		medical marijuana through the use of only water, ice or dry ice.
863	840		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
	841	+	Passed the Senate the 14th day of March, 2024.
864	842
865		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND CONTROLLED
866		-	SUBSTANCES, dated 04/10/2024 - DO PASS, As Amended.
	843	+
	844	+
	845	+	Presiding Officer of the Senate
	846	+
	847	+
	848	+	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ d ay of __________,
	849	+	2024.
	850	+
	851	+
	852	+
	853	+	Presiding Officer of the House
	854	+	of Representatives
	855	+