Bill Text: NH HB1150 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permitting qualified patients visiting from out-of-state to access New Hampshire therapeutic cannabis dispensaries.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-16 - Introduced 06/16/2020, and Laid on Table, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 06/16/2020; Senate Journal 8 [HB1150 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2020-HB1150-Introduced.html

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HB 1150 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-2177

01/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1150

 

AN ACT permitting qualified patients visiting from out-of-state to access New Hampshire therapeutic cannabis dispensaries.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Conley, Straf. 13; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3; Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5

 

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill permits out-of-state residents qualified in their home state to purchase therapeutic cannabis at New Hampshire therapeutic dispensaries.  This bill also establishes a penalty of $5 per cannabis plant for a qualifying patient who possesses 3 or fewer plants.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2177

01/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT permitting qualified patients visiting from out-of-state to access New Hampshire therapeutic cannabis dispensaries.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Use of Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes; Therapeutic Use of Cannabis Protections.  Amend RSA 126-X:2, V(b) to read as follows:

(b)  A visiting qualifying patient shall not cultivate [or purchase] cannabis in New Hampshire or obtain cannabis from [alternative treatment centers or from] a qualifying New Hampshire patient.

2  New Paragraph; use of Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes; Exception.  Amend RSA 126-X:2 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

II-a.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a qualifying patient who possesses 3 or fewer cannabis plants shall be guilty of a violation not to exceed $5 per plant or a maximum penalty of $15.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.