Kentucky Senate Bill 78 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-14 - to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to legalize the possession, sale, distribution, dispensing, use, and prescribing of cannabis for medical purposes as regulated and controlled by the General Assembly; direct the 2025 General Assembly to propose an additional new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to legalize recreational cannabis if medical cannabis is approved by the voters; provide ballot language; submit to voters for their ratification or rejection.

AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to medical cannabis.

Sen. David Yates [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-14	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2023-02-07	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2023-02-07	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb78.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb78/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/23RS/sb78/LM.pdf