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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 558
Sponsored by Senator PROZANSKI (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act lets some marijuana licensees give samples and sell some things at events and
give samples to their workers.(Flesch Readability Score: 63.8).
Allows a marijuana licensee to provide samples of marijuana items to other marijuana licensees
at temporary events registered with the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission. Allows the com-
mission to establish by rule a temporary events registration system. Allows a marijuana wholesaler
to sell marijuana items to a marijuana retailer at a temporary event. Allows a marijuana producer
to provide samples of seeds and immature marijuana plants to permitted workers. Allows a
marijuana producer, marijuana processor and marijuana wholesaler to provide samples of marijuana
items in specified amounts to permitted workers.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to cannabis market growth; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 475C.081 and
475C.513; and prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. Sections 2 to 4 of this 2025 Act are added to and made a part of ORS 475C.005
to475C.525.
SECTION 2.(1) At a trade show or similar temporary event registered with the Oregon
Liquor and Cannabis Commission:
(a) A marijuana producer that holds a license issued under ORS 475C.065, a marijuana
processor that holds a license issued under ORS 475C.085, a marijuana wholesaler that holds
a license issued under ORS 475C.093 and a marijuana retailer that holds a license issued un-
der ORS 475C.097 may:
(A) Provide to another licensee or holder of a permit issued under ORS 475C.273 samples
of marijuana items; and
(B) Receive from another licensee samples of marijuana items as described in this para-
graph.
(b) A marijuana wholesaler that holds a license issued under ORS 475C.093 may sell at
wholesale or transfer marijuana items to a marijuana retailer that holds a license issued
under ORS 475C.097.
(c) A marijuana retailer that holds a license issued under ORS 475C.097 may receive from
a marijuana wholesaler that holds a license issued under ORS 475C.093 marijuana items sold
or transferred as described in paragraph (b) of this subsection.
(d) The holder of a permit issued under ORS 475C.273 may receive from a marijuana
producer that holds a license issued under ORS 475C.065, a marijuana processor that holds
a license issued under ORS 475C.085, a marijuana wholesaler that holds a license issued under
ORS 475C.093 and a marijuana retailer that holds a license issued under ORS 475C.097 sam-
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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ples of marijuana items provided as described in this subsection.
(2) The commission may adopt rules to carry out this section, including rules to establish
a registration system for temporary events.
SECTION 3. (1) A marijuana producer that holds a license issued under ORS 475C.065
may provide to the holder of a permit issued under ORS 475C.273 who performs work for or
on behalf of the marijuana producer:
(a) Samples of immature marijuana plants produced by the marijuana producer; and
(b) Seeds of marijuana plants produced by the marijuana producer or that the marijuana
producer intends to produce.
(2) The holder of a permit issued under ORS 475C.273 described in subsection (1) of this
section may receive from a marijuana producer that holds a license issued under ORS
475C.065 the items described in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission may adopt rules to carry out this sec-
tion, including rules to require tracking of samples provided and received under this section.
The rules regarding tracking of samples may not impose requirements that are more re-
strictive than requirements for tracking samples provided to consumers.
SECTION 4. (1) A marijuana producer that holds a license issued under ORS 475C.065, a
marijuana processor that holds a license issued under ORS 475C.085 and a marijuana whole-
saler that holds a license issued under ORS 475C.093 may provide to the holder of a permit
issued under ORS 475C.273 who performs work for or on behalf of the marijuana producer,
marijuana processor or marijuana wholesaler samples of at least:
(a) One gram of usable marijuana per harvest lot per month;
(b) One gram of cannabinoid concentrates per production batch;
(c) One gram of cannabinoid extracts per production batch; and
(d) One unit of packaged cannabinoid products per production batch.
(2) The holder of a permit issued under ORS 475C.273 described in subsection (1) of this
section may receive from a marijuana producer that holds a license issued under ORS
475C.065, a marijuana processor that holds a license issued under ORS 475C.085 or a
marijuana wholesaler that holds a license issued under ORS 475C.093 the items described in
subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission may adopt rules to carry out this sec-
tion, including rules to require tracking of samples provided and received under this section.
The rules regarding tracking of samples may not impose requirements that are more re-
strictive than requirements for tracking samples provided to consumers.
SECTION 5. ORS 475C.081 is amended to read:
475C.081. [(1) As used in this section, “commonly owned” means, as further defined by the Oregon
Liquor and Cannabis Commission by rule, that a person included on an application for a license under
ORS 475C.065 has an interest in or authority over the management of another entity for which a license
has been issued under ORS 475C.065.]
[(2)] (1) A marijuana producer that holds a license issued under ORS 475C.065 may deliver to
or receive from a marijuana processor that holds a license issued under ORS 475C.085:
(a) Cannabinoid products, cannabinoid extracts and cannabinoid concentrates processed by the
marijuana processor from marijuana produced by the marijuana producer and that do not contain
marijuana produced by any other marijuana producer; and
(b) Marijuana produced by the marijuana producer that the marijuana processor received from
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the marijuana producer but that the marijuana processor did not process.
[(3)] (2) Two or more marijuana producers that hold licenses issued under ORS 475C.065 [ and
are commonly owned by the same person] may deliver to and receive from one another marijuana and
usablemarijuana.
SECTION 6. ORS 475C.513 is amended to read:
475C.513. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 475C.205 or any other provision prohibiting the transporta-
tion of marijuana items to or from a location for which a license has not been issued under ORS
475C.005 to 475C.525 or prohibiting the possession of marijuana items at a location for which a li-
cense has not been issued under ORS 475C.005 to 475C.525, a licensee may transport marijuana
items to and exhibit marijuana items at a trade show, the Oregon State Fair or a similar event if:
(a) The marijuana items are tracked using the system developed and maintained under ORS
475C.177;
(b)Except for any marijuana items sold at wholesale or transferred pursuant to section
2 of this 2025 Act, all of the marijuana items are returned to a premises for which a license has
been issued under ORS 475C.005 to 475C.525 immediately after the conclusion of the event; and
(c) The licensee complies with any other requirement imposed by the Oregon Liquor and
Cannabis Commission by rule or order for the purpose of ensuring the security of the marijuana
items, for the purpose of preventing minors from having access to the marijuana items or for any
other purpose deemed relevant by the commission.
(2) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section.
SECTION 7. (1) Sections 2 to 4 of this 2025 Act and the amendments to ORS 475C.081 and
475C.513 by sections 5 and 6 of this 2025 Act become operative on January 1, 2026.
(2) The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission may take any action before the opera-
tive date specified in subsection (1) of this section that is necessary to enable the commission
to exercise, on and after the operative date specified in subsection (1) of this section, all of
the duties, functions and powers conferred on the commission by sections 2 to 4 of this 2025
Act and the amendments to ORS 475C.081 and 475C.513 by sections 5 and 6 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 8. This 2025 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2025
regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
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