NORML

APRIL 5, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Gary Herbert (R) of Utah signed legislation into law to allow those with certain misdemeanor cannabis convictions to have their records automatically expunged. Governor Leon Guerrero (D) of Guam signed cannabis legalization legislation into law.

Legislation 201

Legislation Banking Hemp Compliance 201

NORML

MAY 24, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Jared Polis (D) of Colorado signed legislation into law that allows physicians to recommend medical cannabis for any condition for which an opiate would otherwise be prescribed. The group then withdrew the measure so they can amend the language.

Legislation 192

Legislation Hemp Access Patients 192

NORML

JUNE 23, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! New York state lawmakers approved legislation on Friday to further expand cannabis decriminalization and expunge certain records. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 223, to allow medical cannabis to be administered to patients at school. California.

Legislation 203

Legislation Hemp Decriminalization Agriculture 203

NORML

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! The Arkansas House Rules Committee killed a bill that would have expanded the list of qualifying medical conditions eligible for medical cannabis. Click here to email your Representative and urge them to support this important legislation. CO resident?

Legislation 190

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 190

NORML

APRIL 30, 2019

A poll commissioned by the American Legion showed that more than 1 in 5 veterans self-reported using marijuana to alleviate a medical or physical condition. Seeking care is hard enough, and we should not make it even harder for our veterans.

Access 237

Access Legislation Chronic Pain Treatment 237

NORML

JANUARY 18, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. Click here to email your Representative and urge them to support this important legislation. Connecticut. CT resident?

Legislation 190

Legislation Decriminalization Access Therapy 190

NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation into law this week permitting the production of industrial hemp in accordance with the new federal regulations. Click here to email your Representative and urge them to support this important legislation.

Legislation 192

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 192

NORML

JUNE 14, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor John Bel Edwards (D) of Louisiana signed legislation into law giving patients the option to inhale medical cannabis through vaporization. Governor Doug Ducey (R) of Arizona signed legislation into law to establish medical cannabis testing standards.

Legislation 182

Legislation Banking Access Hemp 182

NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. Legislation is pending, House Bill 550, to expand the state’s marijuana decriminalization law.

Legislation 200

Legislation Decriminalization Patients Access 200

NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Several mayors across the state of New Jersey are calling for automatic expungement provisions to be included in the state’s marijuana regulation bill, and are threatening to ban retail sales in their jurisdictions if state lawmakers pass legislation without it.

Legislation 188

Legislation Decriminalization Access Patients 188

NORML

MARCH 1, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Roers Jones, who sponsored the recently defeated decriminalization bill, is trying to get her language inserted as a part of separate legislation. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation. AR resident?

Legislation 192

Legislation Compliance Compliance Hemp 192

NORML

MARCH 29, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Jim Justice (R) of West Virginia signed legislation into law that allows financial institutions to provide banking services related to the state’s medical marijuana program. It now awaits consideration by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee.

Legislation 194

Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 194

NORML

MAY 3, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Jay Inslee (D) of Washington signed legislation into law allowing medical cannabis to be accessed by patients on school grounds, and separate legislation allowing the production of industrial hemp in accordance with new federal hemp regulations.

Legislation 190

Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 190

NORML

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The legislation authorizes already licensed hemp growers to obtain temporary conditional licenses to commercially cultivate and process cannabis for the state's forthcoming adult-use market. The post New York: Lawmakers Advance Legislation to Expedite Adult-Use Cannabis Production and Manufacturing appeared first on NORML.

Legislation 197

Legislation Conditions Cultivation Hemp 197

NORML

APRIL 11, 2019

The proposal states, “[I]t shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer, labor organization, employment agency, or agent thereof to require a prospective employee to submit to testing for the presence of any tetrahydrocannabinols or marijuana in such prospective employee’s system as a condition of employment.”

Conditions 202

Conditions Legislation Safety THC 202

NORML

APRIL 20, 2019

Welcome to the 4/20 edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! At the state level, Governor Brian Kemp (R) signed legislation into law to facilitate regulations governing the licensed production and distribution of oils and other products containing limited amounts of plant-derived THC. AL resident? California. CA resident?

Legislation 184

Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Compliance 184

NORML

APRIL 12, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation. CO resident? CT resident?

Legislation 182

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 182

NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (R) signed legislation into law that would strengthen and clarify medical cannabis patient protections. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation. CA resident? HI resident?

Legislation 176

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 176

NORML

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. Legislation is pending, House Bill 2359, to reduce barriers to employment for those harmed by the War on Drugs.

Legislation 161

Legislation Decriminalization Edibles Patients 161

NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Mark Gordon (R) of Wyoming signed industrial hemp production legislation into law. Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. AL resident?

Legislation 193

Legislation Patients Access Seed-To-Sale 193

NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida signed legislation into law to restore patients’ right to smoke medical cannabis. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation. California. CA resident? CT resident?

Legislation 168

Legislation Hemp Patients Compliance 168

NORML

MAY 17, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Jay Inslee (D) of Washington signed legislation into law to allow individuals with prior low-level cannabis convictions to apply to the sentencing court to have their record vacated. The two measures became law absent Mayor DeBlasio’s signature.

Legislation 168

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 168

NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor John Bel Edwards (D) of Louisiana signed legislation into law to allow the production of industrial hemp and hemp-derived CBD products. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation. California.

Legislation 137

Legislation Hemp Agriculture Compliance 137

NORML

MAY 15, 2020

In the city of Rochester, council members approved municipal legislation on Tuesday barring pre-employment marijuana testing for non-safety sensitive city employees. ” Virginia lawmakers in April passed legislation decriminalizing marijuana possession offenses and expanding the state’s medical cannabis access law earlier.

Marijuana 363

Marijuana Safety Policy Legislation 363

NORML

MARCH 12, 2020

On March 12th, the House Veterans Affairs Committee (HVAC) passed two separate pieces of legislation pertaining to cannabis policy. According to polling conducted by the American Legion, 22% of veterans said they themselves “use cannabis to treat a mental or physical condition.”

Marijuana 361

Marijuana Chronic Pain Policy Legislation 361

The Blunt Truth

MARCH 23, 2021

Two years ago, we detailed here legislative and other efforts in Texas to expand legal uses of cannabis. While conservative lawmakers have historically been unfriendly to cannabis legislation in Texas (Lt. Dan Patrick, who controls the state’s Senate, is particularly ill-disposed), polling for cannabis has never been better.

Legislation 116

Legislation Marijuana Decriminalization Conditions 116

NORML

MAY 31, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Steve Sisolak (D) of Nevada signed legislation into law this week to allow individuals to get their records vacated for offenses that are no longer a crime in the state. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation.

Legislation 125

Legislation Banking Access Hemp 125

NORML

JUNE 28, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Senator Ron Wyden and Congressman Earl Blumenauer introduced legislation to allow for interstate commerce when it comes to state-legal cannabis programs. Governors Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida signed industrial hemp production legislation into law.

Legislation 117

Legislation Access Decriminalization Patients 117

NORML

APRIL 19, 2023

The legislation provides a temporary five-year “safe harbor” in which veterans will not be punished for state-legal cannabis use and VA doctors will be able to officially recommend medical cannabis in accordance with state laws.

Marijuana 222

Marijuana Legislation State Laws Conditions 222

NORML

MAY 19, 2020

House Bill 819 , which House members passed by a vote of 77 to 15, expands the discretion of physicians so that they can recommend cannabis therapy for “any condition” that he or she “considers debilitating to an individual patient and is qualified through his [or her] medical education and training to treat.”

Access 254

Access Therapy Patients Conditions 254

Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Additionally, hearing feedback from both legislators, constituents, and stakeholders at all levels, IDFPR has started the process to implement a new licensing system. IDFPR FY2025 goals include: Continue working with CROO and the legislature to pass legislation to expand access to cannabis for medical patients.

Seed-To-Sale 111

Seed-To-Sale Data Dispensary Agriculture 111

NORML

MARCH 11, 2020

As a founding Co-Chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, I am pleased to report to you that my legislation to allow VA doctors to fill out state-legal medical marijuana recommendations is scheduled for a committee vote tomorrow. Earl Blumenauer is a member of Congress representing Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District.

Chronic Pain 318

Chronic Pain Marijuana Access Treatment 318

NORML

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

There have been so far been eight major reform bills introduced in the New Hampshire General Court during the current legislative session. For more information on this bill and to send a message to your State Senator in support of this legislation, click here. It passed the House on 2/27/2019 by a vote of 209-147.

Marijuana 204

Marijuana Legislation Hemp Patients 204

NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 170, to expand access to medical cannabis in Delaware. DE resident?

Legislation 105

Legislation Decriminalization Cultivation Patients 105

NORML

MARCH 4, 2019

In the Texas State Capitol Building, dozens of patients joined us to ask their legislators to coauthor legislation that makes the Texas Compassionate Use Program more inclusive and effective. Ask your legislators to coauthor HB 1365 and SB 90 now! Ask your legislators to coauthor HB 1365 and SB 90 now!

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Patients Legislation Conditions Events 182

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

NY Legislative Gazette. The legislation creates a new “Conditional Adult-use Cannabis Cultivator” license, establishing a pathway for existing New York hemp farmers to apply for a conditional license to grow cannabis in the 2022 growing season for the forthcoming adult-use cannabis market. Michelle Hinchey’s bill S.8084-a.

Legislation 105

Legislation Conditions Cultivation Agriculture 105

Americans for Safe Access

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The bill allows all physicians to recommend Cannabidiol (CBD) and Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THC-A) oils to any patients for whom they feel the oils could help their conditions. Virginia’s Governor Ralph Northam has said that he will sign the legislation when it comes before him.

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Oil Patients Legislation Conditions 189