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SB 1105

AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Lou DiPalma and 1 co-sponsor

Arizona SB 1105 creates a 500-foot buffer around schools, child-care facilities, and preschools for nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries, limiting local siting.

05/23/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
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Bill Summary · SB 1105

Bill Summary — SB 1105

Note: The supplied document appears to combine texts from multiple jurisdictions. This summary separates and focuses on the primary substantive measure in the file — an Arizona bill concerning medical marijuana dispensary location rules — and then briefly notes unrelated inserted texts (Hawaii capital appropriation and an Illinois technical amendment) that appear in the same document.

Arizona — Medical marijuana dispensaries; location (SB 1105 — Chaptered Version)

Status: Chaptered (Approved by Governor March 25, 2025; Filed with Secretary of State March 25, 2025). The bill’s changes are subject to a three‑fourths legislative vote requirement.

Main purpose

To change where nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries and marijuana establishments may be located by adding protections for certain child‑oriented facilities and to clarify local regulatory limits.

Key provisions and changes

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes:
    • Section 36-2804 (registration/certification of nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries)
    • Section 36-2857 (local government authority over marijuana establishments and testing facilities)
  • Adds child‑care and preschool protections:
    • A dispensary’s physical location (and any cultivation location listed in the application) may not be within 500 feet of:
    • a public or private school, OR
    • a child care facility, OR
    • a facility that provides preschool programs that existed before the dispensary application.
    • Localities are prohibited from allowing a marijuana establishment to locate within 500 feet of a public or private school, child care facility, or preschool program (same 500‑foot buffer).
  • Retains and clarifies existing administrative rules:
    • Department must register qualified nonprofit dispensaries within 90 days and issue a registration certificate with a random 20‑digit alphanumeric ID if statutory conditions are met.
    • Applicants must provide application fee; legal name; physical addresses (dispensary and any cultivation site); names/addresses/dates of birth for principal officers/board members/agents; operating procedures, recordkeeping/security plans; and a sworn zoning‑compliance statement if local zoning exists.
    • Eligibility requirements for officers/board members (no excluded felony convictions; no prior revocations; minimum age 21).
    • Department may conduct criminal records checks.
    • Existing caps: generally no more than one nonprofit registration per ten registered pharmacies, with an exception to ensure at least one dispensary per county where an application is approved.
  • Applicability: applies to any nonprofit dispensary registration certificate or marijuana establishment license issued on or after the act’s effective date.
  • Effective only if approved by at least three‑fourths of each legislative chamber (per Arizona Constitution, article IV, part 1, §1).

Who is affected

  • Nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries and marijuana establishments operating or seeking licensure in Arizona (future applications/licences).
  • Local governments (limits certain local permitting choices; adds prohibited allowances).
  • Schools, child care providers, and preschool programs (new 500‑foot buffer around these facilities).
  • Arizona Department responsible for registration and enforcement.

Procedural / timeline aspects

  • Department must act on applications within 90 days.
  • The bill requires a three‑fourths legislative vote to take effect (the chaptered text states it was approved by the Governor March 25, 2025).
  • Applies prospectively to licenses/certificates issued on/after the effective date.

Other material included in the supplied document (unrelated to the Arizona measure)

  • Hawaii: Language authorizing general obligation bonds (~$28,840,000) and appropriations for capital improvements at Hawaii State Hospital (construction defect remediation), plus an appropriation for 1.0 FTE building manager; effective July 1, 2025. (Appears to be from a Hawaii SB1105 draft.)
  • Illinois: A separate SB1105 that makes a technical change to the short title in the Illinois Income Tax Act (changing wording in Section 101). (Distinct and unrelated.)

Recommendation: Because multiple states’ texts are mixed in the provided file, confirm the jurisdiction and official chaptered text you want summarized or analyzed further (e.g., Arizona only, Hawaii only, or Illinois only).

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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