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2016 SESSION
SB 343 Cancer; possession or distribution of marijuana for medical purposes.
Introduced by: L. Louise Lucas | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Possession or distribution of marijuana for medical purposes; cancer. Provides an affirmative defense in a prosecution for the possession of marijuana if the marijuana is in the form of cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil possessed pursuant to a valid written certification issued by a practitioner of medicine or osteopathy licensed by the Board of Medicine for purposes of treating cancer or alleviating such patient's symptoms. The bill provides that a practitioner shall not be prosecuted for distribution of marijuana under the circumstances outlined in the bill.
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HISTORY
- 01/11/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100663D
- 01/11/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/21/16 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/16 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 02/03/16 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 2-N)
- 02/05/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/16 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/09/16 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/09/16 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
- 02/11/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/16 House: Read first time
- 02/11/16 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/16 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 02/22/16 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 03/08/16 House: Left in Courts of Justice