The following bills will be heard before the Senate Committee on Judiciary tomorrow, Tuesday, May 10, at 4pm in Room 313 at the State House
SEEDLING BILL, Senate Bill No. 2113 BY Archambault, Satchell, Goldin, Miller ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS — THE EDWARD O. HAWKINS AND THOMAS C. SLATER MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT (Allows a primary caregiver cardholder to possess a reasonable amount of unusable marijuana, including up to twelve (12) seedlings that would not be counted toward the limits provided by law.)
ZONING BILL, Senate Bill No. 2227 BY Pagliarini, Algiere, Kettle ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES — ZONING ORDINANCES (Excludes the cultivation or production of marijuana from the definition of “plant agriculture”.)
LEGALIZATION BILL, Senate Bill No. 2420 BY Miller, McCaffrey, Ruggerio, Kettle, Metts ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS – TAXATION AND REGULATION OF MARIJUANA (Removes the state’s prohibition on adults using, possessing, and cultivating marijuana for personal use. Establishes a system of regulated marijuana retail distribution to adults 21 and older and imposes taxes at both the wholesale and retail level
BHO Bill, Senate Bill No. 2545 (Attorney General) BY Ciccone, Algiere, McCaffrey, Walaska, Kettle ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS — THE EDWARD O. HAWKINS AND THOMAS C. SLATER MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT (Provides that the manufacture of marijuana using a certain process using compressed flammable gas would not be subject to the protections of the medical marijuana statute, excerpt of a compassion center cardholder complies with regulations.)
HEMP Bill, Senate Bill No. 2763 BY Sosnowski, Miller, Pichardo, Walaska, Kettle ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY (Establishes permit the growth of hemp by properly licensed individuals or entities that have met the requirements of this chapter. Also provides that higher educational institutions could grow hemp for educational and research purposes)
INCREASE NUMBER OF COMPASSION CENTERS, Senate Bill No. 2840 BY Archambault, Ruggerio, Miller, Metts, Nesselbush ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS – COMPASSION CENTERS Increases number of permits for medical marijuana compassion centers from 3 to 6 with certain geographical limitations.
Senate Bill No. 2878 (Attorney General) BY Lombardi, Coyne, Conley, Ciccone, Raptakis ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS — UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Adds and includes marijuana concentrates into the definition of marijuana and clarifies the weight equivalent of marijuana and marijuana concentrates) 8 grams of concentrate would equal one ounce of marijuana
Senate Bill No. 2108 BY Ruggerio, McCaffrey, Goodwin, Picard ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY — ELECTRONIC MARIJUANA-DELIVERY SYSTEMS (Defines and regulates the use of electronic marijuana delivery system products
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