CIAO Policy Committee, guided by 30+ licensees from across the state, approved a legislative agenda that included three priority proposals. Of the three (SB 556, SB 557 and SB 558) our top-ranked policy was passed by the legislature nearly unanimously and enacted into law with the Governor’s signature in June. 

With the passage of SB 558, state laws now allow for: 

• wholesale transfers at OLCC-registered trade shows to increase efficiency in sales; 
• increased samples at trade shows and to employees with valid permits at a receiving license;
• producers of usable flower to transfer between each other regardless of shared-ownership status;
• producers of immature plant and seeds to provide samples to employees for training and innovation.

We will not stop working on the ideals represented in SB 556 and SB 557 in future legislation and negotiations with the OLCC. 

Other legislative victories include the:

• creation of more certainty in labeling and marketing standards, as it relates to minors (HB 3724);
• elimination of all remaining fees and fines from expunged cannabis possession convictions (HB 3825);
• protection of a licensed retail premises if a preschool opens within 1000 ft and the option to renew your license for 5 years (SB 162);
• successful opposition to two cannabis retail tax-increase proposals and the creation of a production tax.

CIAO held our second annual “Cannabis Advocacy Day” in Salem on May 20. Thirty licensees met with legislators, watched debate in the House and Senate chambers, and attended committee hearings. We shared our truth with power that day; M119 was declared unconstitutional by a federal judge during our round-table discussion with the Governor’s Office. It was a good day. 

Join us in Salem in 2026 – we’ll announce the date in mid-February.