Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
611 W. Ottawa Street  
Lansing, MI 48909  
Phone: 517-335-8658 Fax: 517-335-9512  
AGENCY REPORT TO THE  
JOINT COMMITEE ON ADMNINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)  
1. Agency Information  
Agency name:  
Licensing and Regulatory Affairs  
Division/Bureau/Office:  
Marijuana Regulatory Agency  
Name of person completing this form:  
JESSICA FOX  
Phone number of person completing this form:  
517-284-9294  
E-mail of person completing this form:  
FOXJ12@michigan.gov  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Elizabeth Arasim  
2. Rule Set Information  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2020-118 LR  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Marihuana Hearings  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
To update the existing rules to allow for hearings for employees/individuals who have received notice  
of the agency’s intent to exclude them from employment at a marihuana business.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The rule changes are designed to create greater consistency in the hearings that take place as a result  
of licensing action, and to cover hearings for excluded individuals.  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
The Flint Journal – September 7, 2021  
The Grand Rapids Press – September 7, 2021  
The Mining Journal – September 7, 2021  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
9/1/2021  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
9/27/2021 09:30 AM at Williams Building, 1st Floor Auditorium , 525 West Ottawa Street, Lansing,  
Michigan  
8. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit  
analysis on its website:  
https://ARS.apps.lara.state.mi.us/Transaction/RFRTransaction?TransactionID=1244  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) attending public hearing:  
Andrew Brisbo – Executive Director  
Jessica S. Fox – Departmental Analyst, Scientific & Legal Section  
Kelly Kronner – Departmental Analyst, PR Section  
10. Persons submitting comments of support:  
Bob Hendricks  
MCMA  
11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:  
Bob Hendricks  
NORML  
Benjamin Joffe  
12. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the  
public comment period:  
Name &  
Comments made at Written  
Agency Rationale Rule number  
Organization public hearing  
Comments  
for change  
& citation  
changed  
1
MCMA  
Comment was  
received on the  
Marihuana  
Definition updated R 420.701(1)  
to match definition (g)  
in other rule set  
Licenses rule set where feedback  
that the definition was incorporated  
of Marihuana  
Establishment  
should be  
under R 420.1(1)  
(s).  
modified to  
match the  
definition in  
MRTMA.  
13.Date report completed:  
12/15/2021  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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