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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 17, 2025
SENATE BILL NO. 522 By: Coleman
An Act relating to medical marijuana; amending
Section 1, Chapter 321, O.S.L. 2024 (63 O.S. Supp.
2024, Section 427.29), which relates to the Oklahoma
Medical Marijuana Authority Executive Advisory
Council; directing Advisory Council to establish
certain task force; requiring certain final report;
and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 321, O.S.L.
2024 (63 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 427.29), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 427.29. A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma
Medical Marijuana Authority Executive Advisory Council.
B. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority Executive Advisory
Council shall consist of the following members, and all appointees
shall serve their terms at the pleasure of the appointin g authority
and may be removed or replaced without cause:
1. One member appointed by the Governor to r epresent all
citizens of this state;
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2. One member appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives, who shall be a citizen from a county with a
population under twenty -five thousand (25,000) persons, as
determined by the latest Federal D ecennial Census;
3. One member appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the
Oklahoma State Senate, who shall be a citizen from a municipality
with a population in excess of seventy -five thousand (75,000)
persons, as determined by the latest Federal Decen nial Census;
4. One member appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives, who is a current medical marijuana business license
holder;
5. One member appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the
Oklahoma State Senate, who is a current medical marijuana business
license holder; and
6. One member appointed by the Governor, who holds a medical
marijuana patient license.
C. The Executive Director of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
Authority shall chair the Advisory Council and provide staf f and
administrative support to the Advisory Council.
D. The Advisory Council shall select a co -chair from the
membership of the Advisory Council.
E. Each member of the Advisory Council shall serve a term of
four (4) years from the date of appointment. Members of the
Advisory Council shall not serve more than two consecutive terms.
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F. A majority of the members of the Advisory Council shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and for taking
any official actions. Official actions by the A dvisory Council
shall have a favorable vote by a majority of the members present.
G. Appointed members who serve on the Advisory Council shall be
exempt from dual-office-holding prohibitions pursuant to Section 6
of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
H. The Advisory Council may advise the Authority of recommended
changes to state policy, rules, or statutes.
I. The Advisory Council shall organize a task force to research
and provide recommendations on purchase and possession limits for
licensed medical marijuana patients. This task force shall consult
with various professionals and stakeholders including, but not
limited to, physicians, the State Board of Medical Licensure and
Supervision, the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners, the Board of
Podiatric Medical Examiners, licensed medical marijuana patients,
veterans, and licensed medical marijuana business owners. The task
force may meet separately from the Advisory Council and as often as
necessary to conduct business. The task force shall submit a fin al
report of its findings and recommendations to the Authority by
November 1, 2026.
J. The Advisory Council shall prepare and issue a report of its
findings and recommendations electronically to the Governor,
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and Speak er of the House by
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November 1, 2025, and no later than November 1 of each year
thereafter.
J. K. Members appointed pursuant to subsection B of this
section shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for
expenses incurred in the performance o f their duties in accordance
with the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
K. L. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority Executive
Advisory Council shall meet as often as necessary to conduct
business but shall meet not less than four times a year, with an
organizational meeting to be held prior to January 1, 2025.
L. M. Any vacancy occurring on the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
Authority Executive Advisory Cou ncil shall be filled for the
unexpired term of office in the same manner as provided for in
subsection B of this section.
M. N. The Advisory Council shall act in accordance with the
provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, the Oklahoma Open
Records Act, and the Administrative Procedures Act.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective N ovember 1, 2025.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
February 17, 2025 - DO PASS