Bill Text: NH SB548 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to protections under the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes program.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-09-23 - Died on Table [SB548 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-SB548-Introduced.html
SB 548 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-3070
01/08
SENATE BILL 548
AN ACT relative to protections under the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes program.
SPONSORS: Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29; Rep. Seaworth, Merr. 20
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes protections for certain employees of the department of health and human services under certain circumstances.
This bill is a request of the department of health and human services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-3070
01/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to protections under the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Use of Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes; Protections. Amend RSA 126-X:2 by inserting after paragraph XVI the following new paragraph:
XVII. Authorized employees of the department shall not be subject to arrest by state or local law enforcement, prosecution, or penalty under state or municipal law, or search, when possessing, transporting, delivering, or transferring cannabis and cannabis infused products for the purposes of regulatory oversight related to this chapter.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
