Marijuana Legalization Jurisdictional Summary

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AK H 75 Municipalities Regulation of
Marijuana
Establishes the Marijuana Control Board in
the Department of Commerce,
Community, and Economic Development;
relates to powers and duties,
appointment, removal, and duties of the
director of the Marijuana Control Board;
relates to the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board; provides for a director to serve as
the executive officer of the board and the
Marijuana Control Board; provides for
enforcement powers; relates to
registration of a marijuana establishment.
05/04/2015 Signed by
GOVERNOR.
05/04/2015 Chapter No.
4
AL H 257 Unlawful Marijuana Possession
Relates to possession of marijuana;
provides for the definition of unlawful
possession of marijuana in the first and
second degree; provides that a first
offense for unlawful possession of
marijuana in the second degree would be
a violation.
02/18/2016 INTRODUCED.
02/18/2016 To HOUSE
Committee on
JUDICIARY.
CA A 21 Medical Marijuana: Cultivation
Licenses
Amends the Compassionate Use Act of
1996 which authorizes the use of
marijuana for medical purposes and
provides that the State Department of
Food and Agriculture is the sole licensing
GOVERNOR.
02/03/2016 Chaptered
by
Secretary of
State.
Chapter No.
1

reserved.
authority for medical marijuana
cultivation applicants a city, county, or
city and county to delete the provision
that grants the Department the sole
licensing authority under that Act.
Provides a license exemption does not
prevent a local government from
exercising its police power authority under
the State Constitution.

reserved.
CA A 266 Medical Marijuana
Enacts the Medical Marijuana Regulation
and Safety Act. Establishes the Bureau of
Medical Marijuana Regulation. Requires a
system of reporting the movement of
commercial cannabis and cannabis
products. Imposes certain fines and civil
penalties for specified violations. Repeals
certain criminal sanctions upon the
issuance of licenses under the Act.
GOVERNOR.
10/09/2015 Chaptered by
Secretary of State.
Chapter No. 689
CA S 435 Medical Marijuana: Personal
Cultivation
Amends existing law that exempts certain
persons from the State license
requirements for permitting the
cultivation of marijuana under the Medical
Marijuana Cultivation Program to provide
that an exemption from these
requirements does not limit or prevent a
city, county, or city and county from
exercising its police power authority under
a specified portion of the State
Constitution.
01/20/2016 In
ASSEMBLY
Committee
on
HEALTH:
Not heard.

reserved.
CO H 1041 Bonding Requirement Marijuana
Businesses
Repeals the requirement that medical
marijuana businesses and retail marijuana
establishments post a bond to be eligible
for the issuance or renewal of a license;
repeals the requirement that retail
marijuana cultivation facilities file a state
tax surety bond.
GOVERNOR.
03/11/2016 Session Law
Chaptered.
Chapter No.
14
CT H 5236 Retail Sale of Marijuana
Concerns the legalization, taxation and
regulation of the retail sale and use of
marijuana; legalizes and regulates the
retail sale of marijuana in order to raise
revenue for the General Fund.
02/16/2016 To JOINT
Committee
on
JUDICIARY.

reserved.
DC B 23 Marijuana Legalization and
Regulation
(Permanent Law) Legalizes the
possession, consumption, display,
purchasing, or transporting of
marijuana and marijuana-infused
products for personal use, not in
public, for persons over the age of 21;
to establish that possession,
consumption, display, purchasing, or
transporting of marijuana and
marijuana-infused products shall not
constitute a civil or criminal offense
under District law or be a basis for
seizure or forfeiture of assets under
District laws, for persons under the
age of 21; to amend the Di
01/06/2015 To COUNCIL
Committee on
BUSINESS,
CONSUMER,
AND
REGULATORY
AFFAIRS.
GA SR 6 Marijuana Legalization and
Regulation
Proposes an amendment to the
Constitution; authorizes the General
Assembly to provide by law for the
legalization and regulation of
marijuana; permits adults to purchase
limited amounts of marijuana for
personal use; provides that the fees
and tax proceeds from the sale of
such marijuana be dedicated equally
between education and transportation
infrastructure purposes; provides that
such funds shall not lapse.
03/04/2015 To SENATE
Committee
on
JUDICIARY
NON-CIVIL.

reserved.
HI S 2581 Marijuana Legalization
Legalizes the personal use of
marijuana in a specified quantity;
requires licensing to operate
marijuana establishments; subjects
marijuana establishments to excise
taxes and income taxes
03/10/2016 Failed
First
Crossover
Deadline -
Second
Year of
Biennium.
MA H 1561 Marijuana Legalization
Legalizes marijuana and establish a
tax on the cannabis industry.
01/13/2016 In JOINT
Committee
on
JUDICIARY:
Heard.
Eligible for
Executive
Session.
MI S 813 Marijuana Legalization
Provides for and regulates legalization
of marihuana; regulates and taxes
marihuana; requires registration of
marihuana establishments and
provides for registration, application
and renewal fees; regulates growth,
manufacture and retail sale of
marihuana; regulates marihuana
testing, labeling and packaging for
retail sale; restricts marihuana
possession, sale and use by
individuals under the age of 21; limits
landlord restrictions on marihuana in
02/24/2016 To SENATE Committee
on JUDICIARY.

reserved.
rental property.
NH H 1675 Legalization and Taxation of
Marijuana
This bill: I. Legalizes the personal use
of up to 2.2 pounds of marijuana by
persons 18 years of age or Older; iI;
authorizes the licensing of marijuana
wholesale, retail, cultivation, and
testing facilities; iII; imposes a tax
on marijuana sold or transferred by a
marijuana cultivation facility to a
marijuana product manufacturing
facility or to a retail marijuana store;
16-2053 09/04.
02/10/2016 Failed to pass HOUSE.
OR S 1511 Marijuana Registration
Directs the Liquor Control
Commission to register
qualified marijuana
producers, processors,
wholesalers and retailers for
producing, processing and
selling marijuana and
medical grade cannabinoid
products, concentrates and
extracts; specifies that
marijuana retailers may not
collect tax from a consumer
of marijuana under specified
conditions; requires a
specified distance from
schools for marijuana grow
sites; provides for
dispensaries, medical
marijuana registry card
holders and care providers.
03/29/2016 Signed by GOVERNOR.

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