HB 18-1133: Marijuana Fibrous Waste Recycling Facilities

• Establishes a registration system for fibrous waste recycling facilities in both medical and retail marijuana codes, allowing facilities to process roots, stalks, and stems from marijuana plants into industrial products like rope, paper, fuel, textiles, and building materials.

• State licensing authority must begin accepting applications for fibrous waste recycling facility registration no later than January 1, 2019, and must take action on all applications within 60 days of receipt.

• Applicants must demonstrate that their processes render fibrous waste unusable and unrecognizable as marijuana, with output only suitable for industrial fiber products; facilities may not use fibrous waste to produce other types of products.

• Fibrous waste transferred to registered recycling facilities is no longer subject to seed-to-sale tracking requirements and is classified as waste in the inventory system without requiring alteration from its natural state.

• Defines "fibrous waste" and "industrial fiber products" across medical marijuana (article 12-43.3), retail marijuana (article 12-43.4), and excise tax (article 39-28.8) statutes.