Revision: Dec. 2, 2019, 10:32 a.m.
HB 1150 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2177
01/10
HOUSE BILL 1150
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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
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.