DENVER – A bill headed to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s desk would extend several of the rules for Colorado retail marijuana operators on to medical marijuana licensees and manufacturers in what is seen as an expansion of the state’s medical marijuana rules.

The Senate voted unanimously, 35-0, Monday to pass House Bill 1034 on to the governor’s desk. It passed the House by a 63-1 vote on Feb. 2.

The bill would affect several changes aimed at helping medical marijuana licensees should it be signed by the governor.

First, it would create a license for medical marijuana business operators who receive profits from the industry but are not owners of a property, something already required for recreational marijuana business operators.

The bill would also change state rules that currently allow medical marijuana licensees only to move their business within the city or county, and allow them to move anywhere in the state, as long as it is approved by the state and the local jurisdiction the licensee is moving to.

The change would put medical licensees on the same plane as retail licensees.

Another facet of the bill would allow medical marijuana licensees to try and “remediate” any product that tested positive for substances “injurious to health,” such as pesticides, before having to destroy it. However, this rule would apply only to products that test positive for microbials. [Read more at the Denver Channel]