Cannabis
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To An Advisory Referendum On Cannabis In Hawaii. [HB-452]
[Cannabis ]
[Elections ]
Requires an advisory referendum, or opinion poll, consisting of a question to be placed on the ballot for the general election of 2024 on whether the electorate wishes the State to legalize the sale and use of recreational cannabis in Hawaii.
Sponsored by: Rep. May Besario Mizuno
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
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Gettr Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Cannabis For Medical Use. [SB-1104]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Amends the definition of "cannabis" to include cannabis propagules, cuttings, and seeds. Defines "cannabis cutting" and "cannabis propagule". Requires a licensed dispensary's production center to submit to DOH an inventory of cannabis propagules, cuttings, and seeds. Requires a licensed dispensary's retail dispensing location to submit to DOH the total amount of cannabis propagules, cuttings, and seeds purchased. Allows qualifying patients, primary caregivers who are authorized to cultivate cannabis for medical use, qualifying out-of-state patients,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Stops and Searches - Cannabis Odor and Admission of Evidence (Drug-Free Roadways Act of 2024) [HB-320]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing a certain prohibition against a law enforcement officer initiating a stop or a search of a motor vehicle based solely on the odor of burnt or unburnt cannabis; and repealing a certain provision of law rendering inadmissible certain evidence discovered or obtained in violation of a certain provision of law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Firearms - Right to Purchase, Own, Possess, and Carry [SB-348]
[Cannabis ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that a person may not be denied the right to purchase, own, possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is authorized to use medical cannabis.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Referred Judiciary on 02/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Firearms - Right to Purchase, Own, Possess, and Carry [HB-296]
[Cannabis ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that a person may not be denied the right to purchase, own, possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is authorized to use medical cannabis.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Medical Cannabis - Employees in Health Care Settings Caring for Qualifying Patients [SB-347]
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[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: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/22/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Cannabis Licensing and Registration - Use of Straw Ownership - Prohibition [HB-272]
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[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from applying for or holding a cannabis license or registration under certain circumstances if an ownership interest in the license or registration is for the limited purpose of satisfying certain requirements of registration or licensure; and requiring the Maryland Cannabis Administration to deny a certain application or revoke a cannabis license or registration if the applicant, licensee, or registrant is determined by the Administration to be in violation of the Act or convicted of a violation of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 242 on 04/25/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil. [SB-529]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil. Amends the provision that prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee for such employee's lawful use of cannabis oil pursuant to a valid written certification issued by a practitioner for the treatment or to eliminate the symptoms of the employee's diagnosed condition or disease, with certain exceptions, by specifying that such use must conform to the laws of the Commonwealth and that such protections extend to the employees of the Commonwealth and other public bodies.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emily M. Brewer
Incorporated By Rehabilitation And Social Services on 01/19/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Cannabis; Virginia Cannabis Control Authority to study creation of a retail market. [HJR-63]
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[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Economic Development ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Study; Virginia Cannabis Control Authority; creation of a retail cannabis market; report. Requests the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority to study the creation of a retail cannabis market in the Commonwealth and draft regulations governing the indoor cultivation, processing, manufacturing, testing, packaging, labeling, distribution, sale, and delivery of cannabis. The resolution requires that such regulations include (i) appropriate application and license fees; (ii) reasonable restrictions on cannabis advertising; (iii) restrictions on product
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Sponsored by: Rep. Terry G. Kilgore
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
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Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil. [SB-391]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil. Amends the provision that prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee for such employee's lawful use of medical cannabis oil, with certain exceptions, by specifying that such use must conform to the laws of the Commonwealth and by including the employees, other than law-enforcement officers, of the Commonwealth and other public bodies in such protections.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angelia Williams Graves
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0674) on 04/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to driving under the influence of intoxicating hemp products. [SB-72]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 189A.010 to prohibit driving under the influence of intoxicating hemp products.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Judiciary (s) on 01/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to marijuana. [SB-73]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 218A.1421, 218A.1422, and 218A.1423 to remove penalties for possession, cultivation, or trafficking of up to eight ounces, or five plants, of marijuana; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions relating to cannabis; amend KRS 218A.276 to conform; RETROACTIVE; EFFECTIVE, in part; January 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 01/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Physician Assistants - Revisions (Physician Assistant Modernization Act of 2024) [SB-167]
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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 employed by the federal government to perform certain functions during a certain disaster; and requiring the State Board of Physicians to review and update the list of advanced duties for physician assistants.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 919 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Cannabis Use in Motor Vehicle With Minor Occupant - Prohibition [HB-217]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting an individual from smoking, vaping, or consuming cannabis in the passenger area of a motor vehicle if a minor is an occupant.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Long
Hearing 1/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Safety - Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Revisions [SB-256]
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[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the membership and duties of the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; providing that a law enforcement agency may employ an individual as a police officer for a certain period only if the individual is certified or provisionally certified by the Commission; and altering provisions of law relating to the certification and recertification of police officers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Judicial Proceedings
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Vendor Contracts [SB-11]
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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 any vendor contracts being negotiated at a certain time.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 940 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Physicians and Allied Health Professions - Reorganization and Revisions [HB-232]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Repealing obsolete and redundant language in, clarifying language in, and reorganizing certain provisions of law governing the State Board of Physicians and the regulation of physicians, physician assistants, and allied health professions; altering physician, physician assistant, and allied health professional licensure exceptions for individuals in the service of the federal government; altering the grounds for discipline for physicians, physician assistants, and allied health professionals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Government Operations
Referred Finance on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Public Health - Clean Indoor Air Act - Revisions [SB-244]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Prohibiting vaping in certain indoor areas and places of employment and certain mass transportation; requiring that certain signs be posted and maintained in a certain manner in certain indoor areas and certain public entrances; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to convene a workgroup to study the issuance of alcoholic beverages licenses to tobacconists and report its findings on or before July 1, 2025; and prohibiting a local alcoholic beverage license from being issued to a tobacconist from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 755 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Cannabis Reform - Alterations [HB-253]
[Cannabis ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Making alterations and clarifications related to the duties of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission, the Office of Social Equity, the Advisory Board on Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis, and the Maryland Cannabis Administration; altering the membership of the Commission; requiring the Advisory Board to elect a chair and removing the Director of the Administration as chair; authorizing processors to provide cannabis to cannabis licensees; providing that certain violations may be charged by a citation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 241 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Multifamily Dwellings - Smoking Policies [SB-141]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the governing body of a common ownership community to develop a smoking policy if the property subject to the control of the governing body is a multifamily dwelling.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024