SB 544 Cannabis testing

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SB 544 (Laird D) Cannabis testing.

MAUCRSA prohibits cannabis and cannabis products from being sold unless a representative sample of specified batches has been tested by a licensed testing laboratory. MAUCRSA requires the testing laboratory to issue a certificate of analysis for selected lots of each batch to report specified information, including the content of specified compounds and contaminants.

AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend by majority vote certain provisions of the act to implement specified substantive provisions, provided that the amendments are consistent with and further the purposes and intent of AUMA.

This bill would implement the above provisions of AUMA by requiring the bureau, on or before January 1, 2023, to establish one or more standardized cannabinoids test methods to be used by all testing laboratories.

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