NORML

MARCH 14, 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. NORML opposes the passage of this legislation. Presently, V.A. The bill now heads to the Senate.

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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.

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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. California.

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NORML

JANUARY 18, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) of New York and Governor Gina Raimondo (D) of Rhode Island both included plans for cannabis legalization as a part of their budget proposals in their respective states. A medical cannabis access bill was signed into law in the U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Louis on Monday signed a bill to decriminalize marijuana possession and cultivation for adults, a local reform that comes as efforts to legalize cannabis statewide in Missouri are also gaining momentum. Louis Mayor Signs Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana Possession And Cultivation. The mayor of St. Read more at MM.

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NORML

JANUARY 25, 2020

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Missouri state regulators began issuing the first of nearly 200 licenses to medical cannabis providers. Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state.

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NORML

APRIL 12, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! At the state level, a bill to allow licensed social consumption spaces in Oregon was defeated for this year. A bill to allow patients to use medical cannabis while on probation or parole died in Montana’s state Senate. CO resident? CT resident?

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NORML

APRIL 5, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Cory Gardner (R-CO), along with Representatives David Joyce (R-OH) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), have reintroduced The STATES Act of 2019. Governor Leon Guerrero (D) of Guam signed cannabis legalization legislation into law.

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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.

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NORML

JANUARY 4, 2019

Happy New Year and welcome to the first Weekly Legislative Roundup of 2019! Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Don Young (R-AK) re-introduced the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act, which protects those engaged in state-lawful medical marijuana programs from federal prosecution. PA resident?

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NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! At the state level, the North Dakota House of Representatives defeated a decriminalization bill on the House floor by a narrow 43-47 vote. Click here to email your Representative and urge them to support this important legislation. California.

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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.

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NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Activists in Oregon have filed a 2020 ballot initiative with the Secretary of State that, if approved, would allow social cannabis consumption sites and protect consumers from employment discrimination. California. CA resident? CT resident?

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Legislation Hemp Patients Compliance 140

NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! At the state level, activists in Idaho have begun efforts to qualify a medical cannabis and hemp ballot initiative for the 2020 ballot. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation. CA resident?

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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. The new law took effect immediately upon passage. Those new laws take effect on July 1, 2020. Those new laws take effect on July 1, 2020.

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NORML

JUNE 14, 2019

Under state law, the possession of up to 100 grams of cannabis is classified as a minor misdemeanor offense. Additional information is available in the NORML report, Local Decriminalization, online here.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 13, 2021

The California legislation that would decriminalize some psychedelic substances under state law, Senate Bill 519, was approved in a 5-3 vote by the State Assembly’s Public Safety Committee in a June 29th hearing. Decriminalizing psychedelics is one important step in that direction. They write.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 28, 2022

As more and more states revise their laws to decriminalize or legalize marijuana use (for medical and recreational purposes), and more and more cannabis businesses in those states begin operations, broadcasters have been looking to provide their advertising services to these new companies. By David Oxenford.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

There are three major reform bills in the New Jersey State Legislature during the current legislative session. 3205 ) and to send a message to your state lawmaker in urgent support of this legislation, click here. It was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on 3/22/2018 and is still stuck in committee. 2703 and A.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 21, 2021

The California Senate legislation to decriminalize certain psychedelic substances under state law, SB 519, has been amended by its authors to include possession limits during a challenging path through the State Assembly. Lucid News are reporting.

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The Blunt Truth

MAY 6, 2021

Two bipartisan cannabis research bills start their legislative journey. Attorney General Garland reiterates his disinterest in prosecuting marijuana users abiding by state law. The Texas legislature moves on cannabis decriminalization. In state news, the Texas House passed several bills dealing with cannabis.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

With the 2020 legislative session already in full swing in many states, NORML chapters across the country are organizing lobby days to advocate for sensible reform policies in their state. On January 16 , join Delaware NORML at 10:30am at the 2nd Floor Senate Hearing Room – Legislative Hall in Dover.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 9, 2021

On Sunday, statewide legislation partially decriminalizing minor cannabis possession offenses took effect. Unlike New Orleans’ municipal ordinance, the new state law neither provides relief for those with prior convictions nor does it eliminate fines for those who possess small quantities of the plant.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 17, 2022

A 2019 state law permits those convicted of marijuana-specific activities which have since been decriminalized or legalized to submit a written request to the court to have those records sealed. Local officials in Clark County (population: 2.2 million) have awarded $1.2

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 11, 2021

Current state laws could result in up to six months of imprisonment and $1,000 in fines. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, said that he believes the bill can go further by fully legalizing or decriminalizing the substance, which would also be beneficial for marginalized communities. Brad Zaun, R-Urbandale.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Serious immigration consequences can result even in states where employees may be protected from employer sanctions based on marijuana use. Currently, 37 states (and the District of Columbia) have decriminalized marijuana or enacted laws authorizing its use for medical or recreational purposes.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 11, 2021

Last week, Washington became the second US state to decriminalize drug possession. But unlike Oregon, where decriminalization was approved by a majority of voters on a ballot initiative, Washington’s sudden decriminalization came by way of its highest court. .

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 21, 2021

Not only is there federal law but there are also state laws, and sometimes they seem to conflict and contradict each other. One thing that does seem to be clear though is that when one state alters and amends a particular law, the other states sit up and take notice. Oregon got the ball rolling.

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SMPL

JUNE 26, 2019

Pritzker signed the regulatory bill legislators passed at the end of May. While many other states have legalized marijuana through voter referendums that can leave details to be agreed upon after the fact, Illinois became the first state in the country to legalize through the legislative process. “We

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NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

“This would be a big deal in terms of changing our policies to follow states like Colorado, Washington, California, that we’ve seen move forward ending prohibition, not only stopping the arrests, as we’ve done significantly in Illinois with our decriminalization laws, but to open up the marketplace.”

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The more wide-ranging bill (H 174/S 72), which a spokesperson said is a priority for House Speaker Ron Mariano, addresses aspects of state laws that cannabis regulators and industry entrepreneurs have been increasingly vocal about taking issue with. Committee advancing marijuana cafe, host agreement bill .

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Assembly Bill 1525 allows cannabis banking under California state law. The bill would decriminalize cannabis and expunge the criminal records of nonviolent marijuana offenders. The legislation is both historic, and likely doomed to failure in the Senate. The legislature approved two marijuana measures. elephants and cbd.

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MMJ Recs

MAY 16, 2020

By 1937, the Marijuana Tax Act had been passed, essentially making marijuana illegal throughout the United States. More and more states are decriminalizing marijuana, while a few others have made medical marijuana legal. Legalization, Decriminalization, and Medical Marijuana. Marijuana has an interesting history.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

But in Washington State, law enforcement officials have largely suspended all simple drug possession arrests as a result of the State Supreme Court ruling. Is this like Oregon’s all-drug decriminalization law? Is this a permanent change in the law? Would a legislative patch put people back in jail?

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 6, 2022

There, SCOTUS’s reasoning was that Congress had “enacted comprehensive legislation to regulate the interstate market in a fungible commodity” and that “exemption[s]” for local use could undermine this “comprehensive” regime. s government to decriminalize medical marijuana under local ordinance. Raich, 545 U. 1, 5 (2005).

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

This would, as the letter to Garland says, “decriminalize” marijuana. Of the two Cabinet members, Becerra has the better cannabis credentials, having served as the Attorney General for the state of California. the move and vowed to uphold California state law with regards to marijuana. The CSA’s Power.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 23, 2021

On Wednesday, July 14, 2021 Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) released draft legislation titled the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act. Decriminalization of Cannabis, Recognition of State law Controlling Cannabis. WRITTEN BY: McGuireWoods Consulting. Ryan Bernstein.

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