The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) will no longer require a background check for spouses of applicants for commercial marijuana licenses. According to the HB 5839 analysis, it will “allow an applicant for licensure under the Act who had a spouse to submit an attestation specifying that the applicant’s spouse would not control, direct, or make decisions concerning the marijuana facility and that the applicant’s spouse did not have a conflict of interest as prescribed by the bill.” In the past, if your spouse had a criminal background or was employed by the state police or other government agencies, the application would be rejected. This bill was supported by the MiCIA and the Cannabis Attorneys of Michigan.
HB 5871 allows provisioning centers to sell back part or all of their inventory to other dispensaries, growe
rs or processors.
