NORML

FEBRUARY 23, 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. Update : LD 1621 is scheduled for a public hearing in the State House on 2/24/20 at 10am. California.

Legislation 252

Legislation Patients Decriminalization Access 252

NORML

MARCH 7, 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. NORML opposes the passage of this legislation.

Legislation 252

Legislation Decriminalization Patients THC 252

NORML

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

State legislators in 2021 enacted over 50 laws liberalizing marijuana policies in more than 25 states. The post NORML Issues Report Highlighting 2021 State Legislative Victories appeared first on NORML.

Legislation 197

Legislation Policy Law Marijuana 197

NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! HR 420 (yes, you read that right): The Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act would deschedule cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act, thus permitting state governments to regulate these activities as they see fit. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR). North Dakota.

Legislation 217

Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 217

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.

Legislation 202

Legislation Banking Hemp Compliance 202

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.

Legislation 194

Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 194

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?

Legislation 182

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 182

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

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.

Legislation 191

Legislation Decriminalization Safety Cultivation 191

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

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.

Legislation 190

Legislation Decriminalization Access Therapy 190

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.

Legislation 192

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 192

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. NORML opposes the passage of this legislation. AK resident? 3/2/20 from 12-6pm. FL resident?

Legislation 162

Legislation Decriminalization Patients Edibles 162

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? DE 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. California. CA resident? CA resident? DE resident?

Legislation 168

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 168

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? HI resident?

Legislation 177

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 177

NORML

AUGUST 13, 2019

In language that does not mince words, the proposal reads : FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges Congress to enact legislation to remove marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. — American Bar Association (@ABAesq) August 12, 2019.

Marijuana 280

Marijuana Legislation State Laws Policy 280

NORML

MARCH 20, 2020

Federal dollars are going to support state programs — not to dictate how they must use the money. Legislation recently passed by Congress, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, includes nearly a billion dollars in funding to aid state-administered unemployment insurance programs.

Business 323

Business Legislation Access Policy 323

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. Pennsylvania.

Legislation 121

Legislation Clinical Trials Research and Development Access 121

NORML

JANUARY 10, 2019

This week, Congressman Earl Blumenauer reserved HR 420 for his legislation, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act. Our federal marijuana laws are outdated, out of touch and have negatively impacted countless lives.”. In the 115th Congress, the bill had 26 cosponsors – compared to 19 cosponsors in the 114th.

Marijuana 276

Marijuana Legislation Compliance Compliance 276

NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! House of Representatives has for the first time included limited protections for cannabis businesses engaged in the legal marketplaces in 33 states. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation. California.

Legislation 138

Legislation Hemp Agriculture Compliance 138

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

MAY 31, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Jared Polis (D) of Colorado signed multiple cannabis reform bills into law that regulate cannabis delivery services and social consumption spaces, and reduce criminal penalties for the possession of large quantities of cannabis. AL resident?

Legislation 125

Legislation Banking Access Hemp 125

Veriheal

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Specifically, the Texas State Law Library explains , The Texas Controlled Substances Act classifies tetrahydrocannabinols (THC) in penalty group 2 for the purposes of criminal penalties. At the same time, there are also pushes to legalize recreational marijuana, making it more available than ever in the state.

Recreational 87

Recreational Legalization Marijuana Programs 87

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.

Legalization 200

Legalization Legislation Patients Decriminalization 200

NORML

MARCH 14, 2019

Medical marijuana is currently legal in 31 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam, and 46 states have some form of medical marijuana law ; however, it remains illegal under federal law. ” “I’m pleased to join Representative Crist in introducing this legislation today.

Chronic Pain 203

Chronic Pain Legislation Treatment State Laws 203

The Blunt Truth

MARCH 17, 2021

Since that time, while California employers have enjoyed some comfort in the ability to enforce their workplace substance abuse policies, lawmakers have been making efforts to amend state law to provide more protections to marijuana users. RagingWire Telecomm.,

Legislation 124

Legislation Marijuana THC Law 124

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 3, 2020

In Indianapolis on January 29, a quiet, eager audience of nurses give their rapt attention to Jason Straw as he takes center stage at the 2020 ISNA Policy Conference. ISNA 2020 POLICY CONFERENCE AGENDA, Jason Straw- Cannabis Policy. ISNA 2020 POLICY CONFERENCE AGENDA, Jason Straw- Cannabis Policy. PURPOSE : .

Policy 81

Policy Research and Development Chronic Pain Cannabinoids 81

MassRoots

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Legislation to end the federal prohibition of cannabis has been submitted in the U.S. The American people have elected the most pro-cannabis Congress in American history and significant pieces of legislation are being introduced,” said Blumenauer. “The Senate by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR). 420’s companion proposals, including H.R.

Legalization 111

Legalization Marijuana Legislation Policy 111

Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2019

It still makes clear that bringing cannabis into a jurisdiction would be unlawful where it would violate the laws of that jurisdiction. It’s not yet totally clear how this would play out for permit holders in states with current regimes, i.e., whether they would have to get federal permits and/or what criteria they’d be held to.

Legislation 110

Legislation Marijuana State Laws Law 110

SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A legislative panel assembled to study the legalization of recreational marijuana in Maryland began work last Wednesday, laying out plans to draft a referendum ballot measure for next year’s general election. The bipartisan legislative group was appointed by House Speaker Adrienne Jones in July. View original article.

Legislation 77

Legislation Legalization Policy Cannabis 77

The Blunt Truth

MAY 21, 2019

In states that legalize recreational marijuana, employers and drug testing services have seen significant increases in positivity rates for marijuana metabolites. Drug policies must be updated and must address discrimination concerns. Illinois Governor J.B. Implication for Employers.

Legislation 85

Legislation Marijuana Policy Recreational 85

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

senators released a discussion draft of legislation that would remove cannabis from the schedule of controlled substances under federal law and provide for federal taxation of cannabis products. State law would control possession, production, and distribution of cannabis. Bloomberg report. This summer three U.S.

Legislation 98

Legislation Cannabis Business Extraction 98

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 9, 2021

Under the city’s previous policy, police issued summons for minor marijuana possession offenses. Under the new policy, all fines are waived and anyone ticketed will receive a “prospective pardon.” The new depenalization policy takes effect on September 15. Those facing pending charges will also have their cases set aside.

Policy 105

Policy Marijuana Decriminalization State Laws 105

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.

Legislation 130

Legislation Decriminalization Patients Policy 130

Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 28, 2021

On January 1, 2022, two new state laws will become effective in Illinois and Oregon and could cause significant disruption to the vapor industry. We provide background on the legislation and discuss the potential implications for the sales of vapor products in the respective states. By Azim Chowdhury & Taylor D.

State Laws 59

State Laws Law Food Legislation 59

Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Louis ordinance signing comes weeks after the Board of Aldermen unanimously approved the legislation , which makes it so adults 21 and older can possess up to two ounces of cannabis without facing the civil penalty that’s currently in place. Read more at MM. Louis Mayor Signs Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana Possession And Cultivation.

Decriminalization 105

Decriminalization Cultivation Law State Laws 105