District of Columbia cannabis laws

What District of Columbia has enacted on cannabis, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. District of Columbia is one of 44 states that enacted a cannabis law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Bills in scope
10bills in scope
Past committee
5past committee
Most recent action
7 August 2026most recent action

Cannabis laws enacted in District of Columbia

5 cannabis laws enacted in the District of Columbia Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

  • B 26-0759Medical Cannabis Licensing and Unlicensed Establishment Enforcement Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2026Enacted 7 August 2026

    What it requires: Licensed establishments and unlicensed establishments must not sell, exchange, or deliver Schedule I substances or products containing Schedule I substances. Conditional license holders must not engage in purchasing, possessing, cultivating, manufacturing, or selling medical cannabis, cannabis products, or Schedule I substances. Retailers and internet retailers must not locate within 400 feet of preschools, primary or secondary schools, or recreation centers, except as specified.

    Medical cannabis

  • PR 26-0779Medical Cannabis Licensing and Unlicensed Establishment Enforcement Clarification Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2026Enacted 24 July 2026

    What it does: This resolution declares an emergency to extend medical cannabis conditional licenses for an additional year and clarify enforcement authority against unlicensed establishments selling Schedule I substances, pending permanent legislation in the fall.

    Adult-use legalization and licensing, Medical cannabis

  • PR 26-0336Streatery Program Endorsement Extension and Medical Cannabis Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025Enacted 17 October 2025

    What it does: Declares an emergency to continue the Streatery Program allowing licensed establishments to sell beer, wine, or spirits on expanded outdoor space through December 31, 2025, and to clarify geographic requirements for medical cannabis licensees.

    Medical cannabis

  • B 26-0299Streatery Program Endorsement Extension and Medical Cannabis Clarification Emergency Amendment of 2025Enacted 25 July 2025

    What it requires: Licensees holding on-premises retailer licenses class C/T, D/T, C/N, or D/N, or manufacturer licensees class B, must pay the Streatery Program endorsement fee for 2025 by September 30, 2025. All other licensees must pay annually with the 2025 fee due by April 1, 2025. Retailer and internet retailer license holders must not locate within 400 feet of a preschool, primary or secondary school, or recreation center, except as specified for certain applicants and unlicensed establishment license holders.

    Medical cannabis

  • PR 26-0256Streatery Program Endorsement Extension and Medical Cannabis Clarification Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025Enacted 11 July 2025

    What it does: Declares an emergency to allow the Council to pass the Streatery Program Endorsement Extension and Medical Cannabis Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 after a single reading, enabling continuation of the Streatery Program through December 31, 2025.

    Medical cannabis

Cannabis in District of Columbia, by topic

Cannabis bills in District of Columbia

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

5Enacted

5Introduced or inactive

10 bills in scope

Introduced or inactive

5

PR 26-0673Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Board Monte Monash Confirmation Resolution of 2026Dead

What it would do: The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of Monte Monash to the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Board for the remainder of an unexpired term ending May 7, 2028, filling a vacant seat formerly held by James Short.

B 26-0259Medical Cannabis Retailer Craft Preparation Endorsement Act of 2025In committee

What it would do: Creates a craft preparation endorsement for medical cannabis retailers allowing them to prepare edibles, topicals, and prerolls from purchased cannabis products, with limits on floor space, storage amounts, and sales restricted to qualifying patients and caregivers.

B 26-0346Medical Cannabis Conditional Licensure Extension Amendment Act of 2025In committee

What it would do: Amends the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 to extend conditional licenses for medical cannabis cultivation centers, retailers, internet retailers, manufacturers, couriers, and testing laboratories from 2 years to 3 years, with automatic conversion for existing licenses at no additional cost.

B 26-0522Medical Cannabis Process Improvement Amendment Act of 2025In committee

What it would do: Amends DC's medical cannabis licensing law to define preschools as child development facilities, add child development facilities to the 300-foot location restriction, permit Advisory Neighborhood Commissions to protest internet retailer licenses, and expand protest grounds to include effects on peace, order, quiet, and proximity to children.

B 26-0654Medical Cannabis Beverage Product Amendment Act of 2026In committee

What it would do: Establishes a medical cannabis beverage production endorsement for alcohol manufacturers to produce non-alcoholic cannabis beverages, creates a medical cannabinoids import endorsement for importing non-intoxicating cannabinoids, permits couriers to deliver cannabis between manufacturers and endorsement holders, and clarifies the 6% tax rate applies to medical cannabis and products.

Bill titles link to the District of Columbia Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as cannabis legislation

In scope is any bill regulating the cultivation, manufacture, testing, distribution, sale, possession or taxation of cannabis and cannabis products: adult-use and medical programmes, licence classes and the agency that issues them, excise rates and revenue allocation, social equity licensing and automatic expungement, intoxicating hemp and cannabinoid products, potency limits, packaging and labelling, impaired driving, workplace and tenancy protections for lawful use, and banking and insurance access for licensees.

Questions

Does District of Columbia have a cannabis law?

Yes. District of Columbia enacted 5 cannabis laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them B 26-0759, PR 26-0779 and PR 26-0336. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

What does District of Columbia legislate on most in cannabis?

Medical cannabis (9 bills), Adult-use legalization and licensing (1 bill) and Hemp and THC beverages (1 bill).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Cannabis bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Other practice areas in District of Columbia

Cannabis legislation in other jurisdictions

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