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2015 SESSION

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SB 1235 Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; recommendation and dispensing.

Introduced by: David W. Marsden | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Possession or distribution of marijuana for medical purposes; epilepsy. 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 or alleviating a patient's symptoms of intractable epilepsy. The bill provides that a practitioner shall not be prosecuted for distribution of marijuana under the circumstances outlined in the bill. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 1445.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101107D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/29/15  Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104060D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/02/15  Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104586D-S2  pdf | impact statement
• 02/04/15  Senate: Floor substitute printed 15104765D-S3 (McDougle)  pdf
• 02/04/15  Senate: Printed as engrossed 15104765D-ES3  pdf | impact statement
• 02/17/15  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1235ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 02/26/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0008)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate amendments
• Senate amendments rejected

HISTORY

• 01/14/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101107D
• 01/14/15  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/29/15  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
• 01/29/15  Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104060D-S1
• 01/29/15  Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
• 02/02/15  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 2-N)
• 02/02/15  Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104586D-S2
• 02/03/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/15  Senate: Read second time
• 02/04/15  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/04/15  Senate: Committee substitute rejected 15104060D-S1
• 02/04/15  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/04/15  Senate: Committee substitute rejected15104586D-S2
• 02/04/15  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/04/15  Senate: Floor substitute printed 15104765D-S3 (McDougle)
• 02/04/15  Senate: Substitute by Senator McDougle agreed to 15104765D-S3
• 02/04/15  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/04/15  Senate: Amendment by Senator Marsden rejected
• 02/04/15  Senate: Passed by temporarily
• 02/04/15  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/04/15  Senate: Amendment by Senator McDougle agreed to
• 02/04/15  Senate: Emergency clause added
• 02/04/15  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute with amendment SB1235ES3
• 02/04/15  Senate: Printed as engrossed 15104765D-ES3
• 02/05/15  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 1-N)
• 02/09/15  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/09/15  House: Read first time
• 02/09/15  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/11/15  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/15  House: Read second time
• 02/13/15  House: Read third time
• 02/13/15  House: Passed House (92-Y 1-N 1-A)
• 02/13/15  House: VOTE: PASSAGE EMERGENCY (92-Y 1-N 1-A)
• 02/17/15  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/17/15  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1235ER)
• 02/17/15  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/20/15  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/23/15  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/15
• 02/23/15  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
• 02/26/15  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 8 (effective 2/26/15)
• 02/26/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0008)