The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board operates a social equity program that prioritizes applicants from communities harmed by prior cannabis prohibition. Las Vegas honors these state designations alongside its own Department of Business Licensing review.
Nevada AB 192 (2021) and follow-up CCB regulations created a social equity applicant category for adult-use cannabis licensing, including consumption lounges. Eligible applicants demonstrate ties to historically over-policed Nevada communities, prior cannabis-related convictions, or low-income status, and may receive reduced fees, application priority, and access to state-administered grants and loans. Las Vegas issues local business licenses to CCB-approved equity applicants subject to the same zoning, buffer, and operational rules as standard licensees, without imposing a duplicate equity-status review.
Misrepresenting equity eligibility, transferring an equity license without CCB approval, or failing equity-program reporting can void the state license and Las Vegas business license.
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