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HB 33PENNSYLVANIASession 2025-2026State Billpassed chamber

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Pennsylvania House Bill 33 Overhauls Medical Marijuana Testing Standards and Practitioner Oversight

Original title: An Act amending the act of April 17, 2016 (P.L.84, No.16), known as the Medical Marijuana Act, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in practitioners, further providing for practitioner registration; in medical marijuana controls, further providing for electronic tracking and for laboratory; and, in Medical Marijuana Advisory Board, further providing for advisory board.

Last action · March 17, 2025: Referred to LAW AND JUSTICE, March 17, 2025Sponsors: Dan Frankel and 16 others

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What This Bill Would Do

Pennsylvania House Bill 33 restructures medical marijuana laboratory testing requirements, establishes a State testing laboratory reference library, and grants the Department of Health authority to place conditions and supervisory requirements on registered practitioners. The bill sets laboratory application and registration fees, requires strict electronic tracking and reporting of test results, and adds a laboratory science expert to the Medical Marijuana Advisory Board.

Why it matters

Changes quality control and testing mandates for medical marijuana grower/processors and independent testing labs, while giving state regulators direct oversight tools over medical cannabis certifiers.

Background

The Medical Marijuana Act of 2016 established Pennsylvania's legal medical cannabis program, setting up frameworks for patient certification, grower processing, and laboratory oversight. context

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Approved independent testing laboratories

Laboratories must comply with new application fees, registration fees, standard operating procedures, auditing, and stability testing mandates.

Directly affected

Medical marijuana grower/processors

Grower/processors must contract with approved laboratories for compliance and stability testing and retain product samples from harvest batches.

Directly affected

Medical marijuana practitioners

Practitioners listed in the registry may face departmental conditions, probation, certification limits, and mandatory supervision.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What fees are required for independent medical marijuana laboratories?

Independent laboratories must pay a nonrefundable initial application fee of $250 and an annual registration fee of $125.

What conditions can the Department of Health place on a registered medical marijuana practitioner?

The department may impose a term of probation, limits on the number of certifications issued, mandatory oversight supervision by another practitioner, required documentation reporting, and other conditions necessary to protect patient health and safety.

How often must approved laboratories conduct stability testing on medical marijuana products?

must be performed at six-month intervals for the duration of the product's expiration date period and once within six months of the expiration date.

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Where This Stands

Currently passed chamber. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Law.

Procedural history

12 actions

Mar 17, 2025SenateCommittee
Referred to LAW AND JUSTICE, March 17, 2025
Mar 17, 2025Senate
In the Senate
Mar 17, 2025HouseFloor
Third consideration and final passage, March 17, 2025 (194-8)
Mar 17, 2025HouseCommittee
Re-reported as committed, March 17, 2025
Feb 5, 2025House
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Feb. 5, 2025
Feb 5, 2025HouseFloor
Second consideration, Feb. 5, 2025

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Feb 4, 2025House
Removed from table, Feb. 4, 2025
Feb 3, 2025House
Corrective Reprint, Printer's No. 441, Feb. 3, 2025
Jan 29, 2025House
Laid on the table, Jan. 29, 2025
Jan 29, 2025HouseIntroduced
First consideration, Jan. 29, 2025
Jan 29, 2025House
Reported as amended, Jan. 29, 2025
Jan 10, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to HEALTH, Jan. 10, 2025

Version history & redline

3 versions on file

Comparing Printer's No. 0372 → Printer's No. 0441

removed addedOfficial text

CORRECTIVE REPRINT PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 12 NOS. 12, 372 PRINTER'S NO. 372 441 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No. 33 Session of 2025 INTRODUCED BY FRANKEL, PIELLI, GIRAL, KHAN, HILL-EVANS, HOWARD, SANCHEZ, CIRESI, TWARDZIK AND […]

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Lobbying Activity

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Discoveries

1 pattern noticed across the record

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift95% confidence

Expanded State Laboratory Oversight

The legislation shifts from relying solely on third-party independent testing labs to authorizing a dedicated State testing laboratory reference library and audit testing protocol.

Department of Health

Connected Entities

Medical Marijuana Advisory Board, Governor, Carol Hill-Evans and 13 more

OrganizationMedical Marijuana Advisory Board“Advisory board within the department expanded to include a laboratory science ex”Map →

PersonGovernor“Appoints a new laboratory science expert member to the advisory board”Map →

PersonCarol Hill-Evans“Cosponsor of House Bill 33”Map →

OrganizationHouse of Representatives“Origin chamber and committee reporting body”Map →

PersonDan Williams“Cosponsor of House Bill 33”Map →

PersonDan Frankel“Primary sponsor of House Bill 33”Map →

OrganizationLegislative Reference Bureau“Receives notices of adoption and temporary regulations for publication”Map →

PersonRoni Green“Cosponsor of House Bill 33”Map →

PersonTim Twardzik“Cosponsor of House Bill 33”Map →

PersonTarik Khan“Cosponsor of House Bill 33”Map →

OrganizationDepartment of Health“Oversees medical marijuana program, approves labs, and enforces regulations”Map →

PersonKristine Howard“Cosponsor of House Bill 33”Map →

PersonChris Pielli“Cosponsor of House Bill 33”Map →

PersonJosé Giral“Cosponsor of House Bill 33”Map →

PersonJoe Ciresi“Cosponsor of House Bill 33”Map →

PersonBen Sanchez“Cosponsor of House Bill 33”Map →

Sources

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www.palegis.us

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Controversy25
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Entertainment5
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Buzz30
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What This Bill Would Do

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Where This Stands

Procedural history

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Related Legislation

Pennsylvania Bill Requires Agencies to Justify State Regulations Adopting WHO, UN, or World Economic Forum Guidance

Pennsylvania House Bill 895 Creates Citizens' Intervention in Conspiracies Act and Establishes Whistleblower Rewards

Pennsylvania House Bill 834 requires monthly online posting of agency spending records and quarterly Auditor General affirmations

Pennsylvania House Bill 549 requires medical marijuana grower/processors and dispensaries to retain video surveillance recordings for at least 180 days

Discoveries

Expanded State Laboratory Oversight

Connected Entities

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