HB2605 Summary

• Requires nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries to test marijuana and marijuana products for contamination (microbial, heavy metals, pesticides, fungicides, growth regulators, residual solvents) and confirm potency before sale, with dried flowers exempt from residual solvent testing.

• Allows dispensaries that comply with heavy metal testing requirements for six consecutive months to reduce testing to quarterly basis for heavy metals only.

• Establishes independent third-party laboratory certification requirements, including national or international accreditation, quality assurance programs, chain of custody procedures, and prohibits laboratories from having familial or financial relationships with marijuana dispensaries.

• Increases civil penalties for violations from $1,000 to $2,000 per violation and removes the $5,000 cap for any thirty-day period, allowing unlimited penalties.

• Creates medical marijuana testing advisory council with 14 members including dispensary representatives, laboratory scientists, patients, caregivers, university faculty, and requires annual reports to the legislature on testing compliance and recommendations.