Oregon’s 2026 session has 35 days to move cannabis policy. Key bills:
📊 HB 4139: 17% tax on hemp cannabinoid products
📊 Medical expansion: hospice & palliative care added
📊 Individual packaging requirements for edibles
📊 Criminal checks for hemp handlers
Oregon continues leading states in treating hemp cannabinoids like cannabis. 🌿
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Overview
Oregon’s 2026 short session (35 days) includes HB 4139, which would impose a 17% retail sales tax on industrial hemp-derived cannabinoid products—matching the marijuana tax rate. The bill also defines ‘container’ and ‘industrial hemp-derived cannabinoid product,’ requires individually packaged edibles capped at 10mg per piece, and mandates criminal background checks for hemp handlers. Oregon continues leading states in tightening hemp-cannabis regulatory alignment.
“Real people depend on hemp CBD. What happens to them in November? 💔
No clinical pathways created
No insurance coverage provisions
No patient safeguards
No transition plan
The ban removes access without creating alternatives. For patients in states without medical cannabis programs, November 2026 means losing the only legal, affordable cannabinoid option they had. This needs to change. #CBDPatients #HealthcareAccess”
Clinical Perspective
OREGON’S SIGNAL: STATES ARE TAXING HEMP CANNABINOIDS LIKE MARIJUANA
Oregon’s 2026 short session includes HB 4139, a bill that would impose a 17% retail sales tax on hemp-derived cannabinoid products—the same rate levied on marijuana in the state’s OLCC system.
The bill also defines ‘container’ and ‘industrial hemp-derived cannabinoid product,’ requires edibles to be individually packaged with a 10mg cap per piece, mandates criminal background checks for hemp handlers, and authorizes unannounced inspections by the ODA with law enforcement.
This matters beyond Oregon because it represents a broader trend: states aren’t waiting for the federal government to figure out hemp cannabinoid regulation. They’re treating these products like what they functionally are—cannabis products sold outside the licensed cannabis system.
Oregon was among the first states to ban artificially derived cannabinoids like delta-8. It maintains a 21+ age requirement for consumable hemp products. And now it wants tax parity.
For cannabinoid businesses operating in multiple states, this reinforces the central challenge of 2026: you’re navigating a federal ban, a patchwork of state regulations, and now state-level tax regimes that treat you like a cannabis company—without giving you the benefits of being in the licensed cannabis system.
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Source: https://harris-sliwoski.com/cannalawblog/oregon-cannabis-2026-legislative-forecast-and-report/