Cannabis
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Cannabis - Community Reinvestment Impact Districts - Establishment [SB-815]
[Cannabis ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
Authorizing a county or an Equitable Community Investment Council to designate an area that meets certain criteria as a Community Reinvestment Impact District, subject to certain requirements; and requiring that a district shall receive at least 20% of the funds distributed from the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund for at least 5 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Gettr Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Utilities - High-Energy-Use Facilities - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions [SB-861]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring a person that owns, operates, or controls a high energy use facility to ensure greenhouse gas emissions associated with the electricity used by the facility are reduced by certain amounts by certain years; prohibiting a person from using certain methods to meet the emissions reduction targets established under the Act; and requiring the Public Service Commission to review and verify a certain report submitted by each person that owns, operates, or controls a high energy use facility and make a certain determination.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Cecil County - Board of License Commissioners - Inspections of Licensed Cannabis Businesses [HB-843]
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[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing an inspector employed by the Board of License Commissioners in Cecil County to enter a licensed cannabis business for the purpose of observing whether the requirements of the license are being met, provided that the inspector makes a certain announcement and the inspector does not take any action against the licensee or an employee of the licensee.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Physician Assistants - Revisions (Physician Assistant Modernization Act of 2024) [HB-806]
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[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Requiring that a physician assistant have a collaboration agreement, rather than a delegation agreement, in order to practice as a physician assistant; altering the scope of practice of a physician assistant; altering the education required for licensure as a physician assistant; authorizing physician assistants who are employees of the federal government to perform acts, tasks, or functions during a certain disaster; and requiring the State Board to review and update the list of duties for physician assistants.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 920 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Cannabis - Licensee Locations - Restrictions [HB-805]
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[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the distance restrictions from 2000 feet to one-half mile applicable to a licensed cannabis dispensary; prohibiting a political subdivision from establishing certain zoning requirements that are more restrictive than certain zoning requirements that existed on June 30, 2023; authorizing at least 10 individuals who are residents, commercial tenants who are not holders of or applicants for a license, or real estate owners, and are located within 1,000 of the licensed premises to file a protest against a license; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 244 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Medical Cannabis - Employees in Health Care Settings Caring for Qualifying Patients [HB-790]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing designated medical personnel to administer medical cannabis to qualifying patients only if the cannabis is obtained through the qualifying patients caregiver and is administered in accordance with the certifying provider's written instructions; providing that designated medical personnel are not required to register with the Maryland Cannabis Administration; and exempting designated medical personnel from civil and criminal penalties relating to the administration of medical cannabis.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-420]
[Cannabis ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establish KRS Chapter 245, relating to adult use cannabis, to administer its cultivation, processing, transportation, sale, use, taxation, and licensing; define terms; establish the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board and its membership, procedures, powers, and duties; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration and enforcement of the chapter; set up advisory committees appointed by the board; create the Department of Cannabis Control within the Public Protection Cabinet for the oversight of cannabis operations
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 01/30/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Cannabis – Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund – Distribution and Use of Funds for Baltimore City [SB-699]
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[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the process for distributing the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund to Baltimore City by allocating certain funds to the Baltimore City Comptroller under certain circumstances; establishing an Equitable Community Investment Council in each Baltimore City State legislative district; requiring each council to adopt a governance structure within 45 days after the first meeting and to develop a plan and program to allocate funds to community-based organizations for certain capital projects, services, and programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Cannabis-Related Offenses - Civil Penalties [SB-619]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Substituting civil penalties in place of criminal penalties for certain offenses relating to possessing, possessing with the intent to distribute, and cultivating cannabis and manufacturing cannabis products.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Hearing Canceled on 02/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund - Funding (Maryland Reparations Act of 2024) [SB-622]
[Taxes ]
[Cannabis ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring that a certain amount of revenue from the State individual income tax and Maryland estate tax be distributed to the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund; altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; providing for an additional State individual income tax rate on the net capital gains of individuals; altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the Maryland estate tax; increasing the rate of the sales and use tax for cannabis from 9% to 14%; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Employment Discrimination - Use of Cannabis Products [SB-513]
[Cannabis ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting an employer from discriminating against an individual because of the individual's use of cannabis products under certain circumstances; establishing that certain provisions prohibiting employment discrimination do not prohibit an employer from taking certain actions against an employee under certain circumstances or authorize certain behaviors by an employee; and requiring certain employers to issue a drug policy under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Cannabis - Licensee Locations - Restrictions [SB-537]
[Cannabis ]
[Real Estate ]
[Small Business ]
Altering the distance restrictions applicable to a licensed cannabis dispensary; prohibiting a political subdivision from establishing certain zoning requirements for licensed cannabis dispensaries and certain licensed cannabis growers that are more restrictive than certain zoning restrictions applicable to certain other entities; clarifying the authority of a political subdivision to alter certain distance requirements; requiring a political subdivision to grant a waiver to certain zoning requirements to certain dispensaries; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Rereferred To Economic Matters on 04/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Vendor Contracts [HB-550]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to include system upgrades required to allow for automated expungement of charges and partial expungement of charges in certain vendor contracts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Employment Discrimination - Use of Cannabis Products [HB-525]
[Cannabis ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting an employer from discriminating against an individual because of the individual's use of cannabis products under certain circumstances; establishing that certain provisions prohibiting employment discrimination do not prohibit an employer from taking certain actions against an employee under certain circumstances or authorize certain behaviors by an employee; and requiring certain employers to issue a drug policy under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Hearing Canceled on 02/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to qualifying medical conditions for the use of medicinal cannabis. [HB-352]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 218B.010 to add additional conditions to the list of qualifying medical conditions for the use of medicinal cannabis.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick W. Graham
Introduced In House on 01/23/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Cannabis-Related Offenses - Civil Penalties [HB-441]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Substituting civil penalties in place of criminal penalties for certain offenses relating to possessing, possessing with the intent to distribute, and cultivating cannabis and manufacturing cannabis products.
Sponsored by: Rep. Debra Davis
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Probation, Parole, and Pretrial Release [HB-474]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a court from revoking a defendant's pretrial release or finding that a defendant has violated probation, and the Maryland Parole Commission from finding that a parolee has violated parole, based solely on the use of cannabis or a positive cannabis test unless the court or Commission, at the time of ordering pretrial release, makes a finding that the use of cannabis could create a danger to the defendant or others and includes as a condition of pretrial release, probation, or parole that the defendant may not use cannabis.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Cannabis Administration – Cannabis Licensing – Protests of Renewal [SB-469]
[Cannabis ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing certain individuals who are residents, commercial tenants who are not holders of or applicants for a license, or real estate owners, and who are located within 1,000 feet of the licensed premises to file a protest with the Maryland Cannabis Administration against the renewal of a cannabis license; providing that a protest against a license renewal may be filed with the Administration by at least 10 individuals; and establishing standards and requirements for the Administration's consideration of a protest filed under the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Referred Economic Matters on 03/15/2024
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Maine 131st Legislature
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Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 2: Medical Use of Cannabis Program Rule, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Cannabis Policy [HB-2185]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 2: Medical Use of Cannabis Program Rule, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Cannabis Policy
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Finally Passed - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, In Concurrence. on 04/03/2024
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Maine 131st Legislature
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Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 10: Rules for the Administration of the Adult Use Cannabis Program, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Cannabis Policy [HB-2187]
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Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 10: Rules for the Administration of the Adult Use Cannabis Program, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Cannabis Policy
Sponsored by: No sponsors
This Being An Emergency Measure, A Two-thirds Vote Of All The Members Elected To The House Was Necessary. on 04/16/2024