HB 2247 Summary

• Establishes the Arizona Marijuana Regulatory Board as an independent agency to regulate both medical and adult-use marijuana, succeeding regulatory authority from the Department of Health Services effective January 1, 2026.

• Requires applicants for new nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary registration certificates and marijuana establishment licenses to be Arizona residents and demonstrate residency with at least two documents including driver's license, state ID, property tax bill, income tax returns, utility bills, or other prescribed documentation.

• Constitutes the board of seven members: two with public health expertise, two with laboratory testing expertise (not affiliated with testing facilities), two public members without ownership interests in marijuana businesses, and one qualifying patient or family member.

• Authorizes the board to issue microbusiness licenses allowing cultivators to grow up to 150 marijuana plants and process, package, and sell marijuana products at a single location, with restrictions on ownership of other marijuana businesses.

• Requires a three-fourths vote of the legislature for enactment and establishes the board's termination date as July 1, 2034, with chapter 28.3 repealing January 1, 2035.