Marihuana: licenses; number of marihuana retailer licenses; place limit on. Amends secs. 7, 8, 9 & 9a of 2018 IL 1 (MCL 333.27957 et seq.) & adds sec. 9b.

SB 597 adds Section 9b to Michigan's Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act, establishing a limit on the total number of retail marijuana licenses issued statewide. This directly affects marijuana retailers seeking new licenses and the Cannabis Regulatory Agency, which must now enforce this cap when processing applications. The bill does not change existing rules about fees, safety standards, or background checks but adds a new constraint on license availability. This is a concrete policy change focused on controlling market saturation through a numerical limit on retail licenses.