Oregon Cannabis Roundup: June 2025

Time for another Oregon cannabis roundup. Time to cover some important legislative and OLCC updates, specifically.

Legislative updates

Senate Bill 558

Governor Tina Kotek signed this bill into law last week, on May 28^th. There are some key differences to the law signed by Kotek and the version of SB 558 that I previewed in January, at the start of the legislative session.

CIAO, the local cannabis trade group, was a big supporter of SB 558, particularly the provisions around new trade sample limits and producer-to-producer flower transfers.

Here's what the new law does, with a few comments from me:

• Permits licensees (other than researchers and labs) to provide samples of marijuana items, or to or receive samples, from other licensees or permitted workers at events registered with OLCC.
  • People have been clamoring for this for a while, although I'd observe that there aren't so many events at this point, and it will be interesting to see how an OLCC