{"id":233115,"date":"2021-04-12T17:13:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T23:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/?p=233115"},"modified":"2025-07-14T15:44:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:44:52","slug":"virginia-marijuana-establishment-licenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/virginia-marijuana-establishment-licenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Marijuana Establishment Licenses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Virginia Marijuana Establishment Licenses<\/h2>\n

Recently -on April 7- HB 2312 and SB 1406 were voted to be approved after Gov. Ralph Northam requested amendments from the legislature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This bill will replace cannabis prohibition with a system to legalize, tax, and regulate cannabis for adults 21 and older.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The legislation also includes automatic sealing of low-level past cannabis sentences, establishes a social equity program to promote participation in the legal cannabis industry from those hardest hit by the war on cannabis, and dedicates 30% of tax revenue to a Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Fund.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Many \u2014 but not all \u2014 of the law’s provisions require a second legislative vote in 2022, or \u201cre-enactment.\u201d The provisions to legalize cannabis possession and cultivation on July 1, 2021 do not require re-enactment, nor do penalties for minors possessing cannabis and provisions to allow the regulatory work to start. The provisions to begin the regulatory structure and to legalize sales on January 1, 2024 also do not require re-enactment. Most new penalties \u2014 such as for bringing any cannabis into Virginia \u2014 <\/span>do <\/b>require re-enactment.<\/span><\/p>\n

But what does the new legislation establish regarding the Virginia marijuana establishment licenses?<\/p>\n

Types of Virginia marijuana establishment licenses<\/span><\/h2>\n

The new bills establishes four types of Virginia marijuana establishment licenses:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Marijuana cultivation facility license<\/b>: Authorizes the licensee to cultivate, label, and package retail marijuana; to purchase or take possession of marijuana plants and seeds from other marijuana cultivation facilities; to transfer possession of and sell retail marijuana, immature marijuana plants, and marijuana seeds to marijuana wholesalers; to transfer possession of and sell retail marijuana, marijuana plants, and marijuana seeds to other marijuana cultivation facilities; and to sell immature marijuana plants and seeds to consumers for the purpose of cultivating marijuana at home for personal use:<\/span>\n
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    1. Class A cultivation facility<\/b>: Authorizes the licensee to cultivate not more than a certain number of marijuana plants or marijuana plants in an area not larger than a certain number of square feet, as determined by the Board;<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Class B cultivation facility<\/b>: Authorizes the licensee to cultivate marijuana plants with a tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of no more than one percent, as determined post-decarboxylation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    3. Marijuana testing facility license<\/b>. Authorizes the licensee to purchase or take possession of retail marijuana from a marijuana cultivation facility or another marijuana manufacturing facility; to manufacture, label, and package retail marijuana and retail marijuana products; and to transfer possession of and sell retail marijuana and retail marijuana products to marijuana wholesalers or other marijuana manufacturing facilities.<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Marijuana wholesaler license<\/b>. Authorizes the licensee to purchase or take possession of retail marijuana, retail marijuana products, immature marijuana plants, and marijuana seeds from a marijuana cultivation facility, a marijuana manufacturing facility, or another marijuana wholesaler and to transfer possession and sell or resell retail marijuana, retail marijuana products, immature marijuana plants, and marijuana seeds to a marijuana manufacturing facility, retail marijuana store, or another marijuana wholesaler.<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Retail marijuana store license<\/b>. authorize the licensee to purchase or take possession of retail marijuana, retail marijuana products, immature marijuana plants, or marijuana seeds from a marijuana wholesaler and to sell retail marijuana, retail marijuana products, immature marijuana plants, or marijuana seeds to consumers on premises approved by the Board.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      How to apply for Virginia marijuana establishment licenses<\/span><\/h2>\n

      According to the newest legislation on the matter, here is the information regarding the application for Virginia marijuana establishment licenses:<\/span><\/p>\n