West Virginia House Bill 4264 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-23 - To House Health and Human Resources
Pending: House Health & Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to create the “Compassionate Use Act for Medical Cannabis. It provides protections for the medical use of cannabis; defines debilitating medical conditions for which medical cannabis may be used; and authorizes the addition of debilitating medical conditions. The bill sets out limitations of this article. It prohibits discrimination against persons entitled to the protection of this article. The bill requires the registration of qualifying patients and designated caregivers and requires issuance of registry identification cards. The bill affords an affirmative defense and dismissal of proceedings for medical marihuana. It provides a misdemeanor offense and criminal penalties for disclosing certain information. And, the bill otherwise provides for enforcement of the provisions of this article. This article is new; therefore it has been completely underscored.

Creating the Compassionate Use Act for Medical Cannabis

Del. Michael Manypenny [D]	Del. David Walker [D]	Del. Stephen Skinner [D]	Del. Ronald Fragale [D]
Del. Dale Stephens [D]	Del. Phillip Diserio [D]	Del. Jim Morgan [D]	Del. Clif Moore [D]
Del. Douglas Reynolds [D]	Del. Danny Wells [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-23	House	To House Health and Human Resources
2014-01-23	House	Introduced in House
2014-01-23	House	To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2014-01-23	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
11B	2	20	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4264&year=2014&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4264%20intr.htm&yr=2014&sesstype=RS&i=4264