West Virginia House Bill 2677 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 22 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-22 - To House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse
Pending: House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to create the “The Patient Freedom Act.” It provides protections for the medical use of cannabis; defines debilitating medical conditions for which medical cannabis may be used; requires the registration of qualifying patients and designated caregivers; requires issuance of registry identification cards; establishes an affirmative defense and dismissal of proceedings for medical cannabis; establishes licenses provided for only indoor growing of medical cannabis by registered patients, caregivers and cannabis distribution centers; provides for inspections by safety compliance agents; provides criminal penalties for violations; imposes a sales tax on sales of medical cannabis; and includes provisions for its enforcement.

Patient Freedom Act

Del. Mike Pushkin [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-22	House	To House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse
2017-02-22	House	Introduced in House
2017-02-22	House	To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2017-02-22	House	Filed for introduction

HCR79 (Similar To) 2017-03-10 - To House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	8A	1	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	10	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	11	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	12	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	13	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	14	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	15	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	16	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	17	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	18	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	19	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	2	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	20	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	21	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	22	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	23	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	3	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	4	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	5	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	6	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	7	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	8	New Code	See Bill Text
16	8A	9	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2677&year=2017&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2677%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=RS&i=2677