A possible delay on implementing marijuana concentrate regulations in Alaska has proponents of legalization fuming, reports Suzanna Caldwell of the Alaska Dispatch News.

Rep. Paul Seaton, R-Homer, pre-filed House Bill 59 Friday, which is intended to provide guidance on marijuana concentrates. The bill includes several provisions on dealing with the substances, including delaying the regulations on concentrates for up to a year.

The bill includes an amended definition of what marijuana concentrates are. In that definition, it specifically excludes hashish and hashish oil. The latter is better known as hash oil, a concentrated form of marijuana that faced scrutiny due to its method of manufacture, in the debate over Ballot Measure 2, the initiative legalizing recreational marijuana.

Seaton said in an interview Friday he supported the initiative and voted for it in November. But he said that when Alaskans voted for the measure they might not have realized what the substance entails. In his view, marijuana includes two separate parts: marijuana plants and marijuana concentrates.

He said the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or marijuana control board (if created by the Legislature) would already have plenty to do when it comes to creating marijuana regulations. He hopes his bill will at least help clarify the concentrate portion of the law.

He also said that extending the timeline means the board could potentially finish crafting concentrate regulations earlier than his proposed November 2016 deadline. That’s a year after when regulations should be drafted, according to provisions in the ballot initiative.