On January 30, 2023, Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Medical Cannabis Amendment Act of 2022, effective March 22, 2023. The ABC Board adopted the Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking on April 12, 2023, by a vote of five (5) to (1) and the rules became effective immediately on that date, except as otherwise stated. The emergency rules will expire one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of adoption, or on August 10, 2023, unless superseded. A public hearing on the emergency and proposed rulemaking has been scheduled for Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at 10:30 a.m.