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Marijuana Moment: California Bill To Legalize Marijuana Dispensary Drive-Thru Windows Advances In Senate After Clearing Full Assembly
- Jun 9
- 1 min read
EXCERPT: A California Senate committee has approved an Assembly-passed bill that would allow marijuana retailers to offer drive-thru windows to serve customers.
The measure, which cleared the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee in a 7-3 vote on Monday, says that licensed cannabis retailers and microbusinesses with storefronts could sell marijuana products “to a customer in a motor vehicle in a drive-through located on the premises.”
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Amy O’Gorman Jenkins of the California Cannabis Operators Association said the legislation would provide “operational flexibility within a highly regulated system.”
“It does not expand who can access cannabis,” she said. “It just allows retailers, with local approval, to serve existing patients and customers in a more efficient manner.”
Jenkins also argued that the measure could improve safety.
“Today, curbside traction transactions are already permitted. This means employees are regularly required to leave a secured premises while carrying product, and at times cash into parking lots,” she said. “AB 2697 provides an additional mechanism to attain product, but requires a fixed, secure transaction point—keeping employees inside and reducing exposure to theft.”
