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The Social Equity Council has approved the final steps for its application review process as it prepares to begin handing out business licenses as early as next month.
While the General Assembly made several modifications to the state’s recreational cannabis law during its recent session, Social Equity Council Executive Director Ginne-Rae Clay said she hopes more changes come up next year after the state assesses the first round of business lotteries in the coming months.
A bill that passed in the General Assembly during the recently completed session made a plethora of changes to the state’s recreational cannabis law, including several related to ownership requirements for social equity partnerships and how they conduct businesses.
Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday signed into law House Bill 5329. It makes several changes to the original marijuana legalization law that Lamont signed last June.
Here’s a look at tweaks the legislature made based on recommendations from the Social Equity Council:
The state is looking for a cannabis accelerator program operator that will help new companies in the industry get their footing.
The state on Thursday issued a request for proposals for organizations and individuals interested in establishing a business accelerator program for companies entering Connecticut’s new adult-use market. The accelerator is for qualified social equity applicants that may not have other resources available to hire consultants and experts as they start their businesses.