West Virginia House Bill 2909 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: Introduced on February 24 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-24 - 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.

Compassionate Use Act for Medical Cannabis

Del. Stephen Skinner [D]	Del. Shawn Fluharty [D]	Del. Mike Pushkin [D]	Del. Michael Ihle [R]
Del. Douglas Reynolds [D]	Del. Don Perdue [D]	Del. Jeff Eldridge [D]	Del. Pat McGeehan [R]
Del. Erikka Storch [R]	Del. Denny Canterbury [R]	Del. Isaac Sponaugle [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-24	House	To House Health and Human Resources
2015-02-24	House	Introduced in House
2015-02-24	House	To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2015-02-24	House	Filed for introduction

SB546 (Same As) 2015-02-23 - To Health and Human Resources

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	24	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=2909&year=2015&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2909%20intr.htm&yr=2015&sesstype=RS&i=2909