HB 5260 West Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Relating generally to medical cannabis

HB 5260 adds "edible" as an allowable form of medical cannabis in West Virginia, with strict requirements for safety and regulation. It requires processors to obtain bureau approval for each edible product, mandates specific shapes (like squares or circles), limits edibles to lozenges or gelatins, and caps THC content at 10mg per serving with a 15% potency variance. The bill prohibits color additives in edibles and requires all medical cannabis dispensing to be reported to the state's controlled substance monitoring database. This directly affects patients using medical cannabis, caregivers, and licensed processors who must comply with these new edible-specific rules.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 5, 2026 Last action Mar 5, 2026

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What changed between versions

Committee Substitute → Engrossed Committee Substitute · 3 edits · Mar 4, 2026

MINOR

This bill updates the official version of HB 5260 to reflect changes made by the committee, primarily correcting capitalization and punctuation in eligibility rules and adding a specific clause to authorize the manufacture of edible medical cannabis. The changes clarify that patients and caregivers must possess valid identification cards to receive medical cannabis and explicitly allow for the incorporation of medical cannabis into edible forms to aid patient ingestion.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on medical cannabis regulation, but the applicability of the edible form provision is now explicitly authorized for permitted processors to manufacture for dispensing.

TECHNICAL

Corrected capitalization and punctuation in the eligibility criteria for patients and caregivers to ensure consistent formatting.

Removed explanatory notes and formatting artifacts that were not part of the final legislative text.

REQUIREMENT

Added a specific provision authorizing permitted medical cannabis processors to manufacture medical cannabis in edible form for dispensing to certified patients.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2026

How they voted

66–26

Passed · 7 other

Total votes 99

Mar 4, 2026

D Democratic9

8 Yea 1

88% Yea

R Republican90

58 Yea 26 Nay 6

64% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 5, 2026

Committee

To Health and Human Resources

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

upper

Mar 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed House (Roll No. 303)

lower

Feb 27, 2026

Committee

By substitute, do pass, but first to Judiciary

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Committee

To House Health and Human Resources

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Committee

To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary

lower

1 primary · 10 co-sponsors