AR HB1391

Amends Arkansas Constitution Amendment 98, § 14 to clarify local zoning regulation authority over medical marijuana facilities including dispensaries, cultivation facilities, and other licensed marijuana operations.

Permits cities, incorporated towns, and counties to enact reasonable zoning regulations for marijuana facilities that are identical to those applied to licensed retail pharmacies.

Prohibits local governments from regulating or prohibiting marijuana facility operations unless such prohibition is approved by voter election under Article 5, § 1 of the Arkansas Constitution or by majority vote of a city council or county quorum court.

Declares an emergency effective clause due to the Medical Marijuana Commission's requirement to begin issuing licenses for dispensaries and cultivation facilities on June 1, 2017, necessitating local zoning decisions beforehand.

Emergency provisions allow the act to become effective immediately upon gubernatorial approval, expiration of the veto period, or veto override by the legislature.