Pennsylvania HB 1200: An Act providing for the regulation and treatment of cannabis, for exemption from criminal or civil penalties, for effect on cannabis convictions and expungements and for membership and duties of the Liquor Control Board; establishing Pennsylvania Cannabis Stores; providing for social and economic equity, for license, permit or other authorization, for packaging, labeling, advertising and testing, for recordkeeping and inspection, for prohibitions and penalties and for tax and tax administration; establishing the Cannabis Revenue Fund, the Communities Reimagined and Reinvestment Restricted Account and the Substance Use Disorder Prevention, Treatment and Education Restricted Account; providing for the issuance of bonds; imposing duties on the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Revenue; and making repeals.

Bill Text

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1578 PRINTER'S NO. 1641
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1200
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY KRAJEWSKI, FRANKEL, SANCHEZ, GIRAL, HILL-EVANS,
MADDEN, DONAHUE, HOHENSTEIN, KHAN, SMITH-WADE-EL, FIEDLER,
FLEMING, GREEN, O'MARA, WAXMAN, ABNEY, SHUSTERMAN, PIELLI,
WEBSTER, MAYES, KAZEEM, SCHWEYER, KOSIEROWSKI, DALEY, INGLIS
AND D. WILLIAMS, MAY 4, 2025
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MAY 6, 2025
AN ACT
Providing for the regulation and treatment of cannabis, for
exemption from criminal or civil penalties, for effect on
cannabis convictions and expungements and for membership and
duties of the Liquor Control Board; establishing Pennsylvania
Cannabis Stores; providing for social and economic equity,
for license, permit or other authorization, for packaging,
labeling, advertising and testing, for recordkeeping and
inspection, for prohibitions and penalties and for tax and
tax administration; establishing the Cannabis Revenue Fund,
the Communities Reimagined and Reinvestment Restricted
Account and the Substance Use Disorder Prevention, Treatment
and Education Restricted Account; providing for the issuance
of bonds; imposing duties on the Department of Agriculture
and the Department of Revenue; and making repeals.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Preliminary Provisions
Section 101. Short title.
Section 102. Definitions.
Chapter 2. Regulation of Cannabis
Section 201. Regulation and treatment of cannabis.
Section 202. Exemption from criminal or civil penalties in
other acts.
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Section 202.1. Discrimination prohibited.
Section 203. Home cultivation.
Section 204. Unauthorized acts.
Section 205. Presumption.
Section 206. Charges pending on effective date.
Section 207. Charges brought under the Controlled Substances
Act.
Chapter 3. Effect on Certain Cannabis Convictions and
Expungements
Section 301. Definitions.
Section 302. Identification of cannabis offenses.
Section 303. Updates to and expungement of records.
Section 304. Expungement of records where no conviction
occurred or when acquitted.
Section 305. Cannabis convictions and sentences vacated.
Section 306. Update to and expungement of records pertaining to
vacated convictions and sentences.
Section 307. Maintenance records.
Section 308. Cannabis simplified petition expungement process.
Chapter 4. Additional Members of the Liquor Control Board
Section 401. Continued authority of the Liquor Control Board.
Section 402. Membership of the board.
Section 403. Additional powers and duties of board.
Section 404. Temporary regulations.
Section 405. Notice of commencement of sales in cannabis
stores.
Section 406. Annual report by the board.
Chapter 5. Pennsylvania Cannabis Stores
Section 501. Pennsylvania Cannabis Stores.
Section 502. Selection of employees.
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Section 503. Management of cannabis stores.
Section 504. Sales at Pennsylvania Cannabis Stores.
Section 505. Health and safety protections.
Section 506. Audits by the Auditor General.
Chapter 6. Social and Economic Equity
Section 601. Definitions.
Section 602. Office of Social and Economic Equity.
Section 602.1. Social and Economic Equity Advisory Committee.
Section 603. Cannabis Business Development Fund.
Section 604. Social and Economic Equity Loan and Grant Program.
Chapter 7. License, Permit or Other Authorization
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 701. Ineligibility for licensure, permit or other
authorization.
Section 702. Renewals.
Section 703. Construction.
Subchapter B. Cannabis Entity Licenses
Section 704. Cannabis entity license application.
Section 705. Scoring system, lottery system and issuance.
Section 706. Licensing of principals required.
Section 707. Cannabis cultivator licenses.
Section 708. Cannabis processor licenses.
Section 709. Cannabis transporter license.
Section 710. On-site consumption license.
Section 711. (Reserved).
Section 712. Need for additional licenses.
Section 713. Change in ownership or control.
Section 714. Labor peace agreement.
Subchapter C. Registrations, Permits and Certificates
Section 715. Registration of essential employees.
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Section 715.1. Workplace protections.
Section 716. Required reports.
Section 717. Cannabis responsible training required.
Section 718. Cannabis workers' cooperative licensure.
Section 719. Duty of licensees, permittees and other authorized
persons.
Chapter 8. Packaging, Labeling, Advertising and Testing
Section 801. Definitions.
Section 801.1. Packaging and labeling.
Section 801.2. Advertising.
Section 802. Product safety protections.
Section 803. Laboratory testing.
Chapter 9. Recordkeeping and Inspection
Section 901. Recordkeeping and tracking.
Section 902. Inspections.
Chapter 10. Prohibitions and Penalties
Subchapter A. Pu