SB548 (2020) Detail

Relative to protections under the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes program.


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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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

Links


Date Body Type
Jan. 22, 2020 Senate Hearing
Feb. 6, 2020 Senate Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

SB548 Revision: 7739 Date: Dec. 24, 2019, 9:47 a.m.

Docket


: Died on Table


June 30, 2020: Vacated and Laid on Table MA VV 06/30/2020 HJ 10 P. 2


Feb. 20, 2020: Introduced 02/20/2020 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 5 P. 56


Feb. 6, 2020: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/06/2020; SJ 3


Feb. 6, 2020: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/06/2020; SC 5


Jan. 22, 2020: Hearing: 01/22/2020, Room 101, LOB, 01:20 pm; SC 3


Jan. 8, 2020: To Be Introduced 01/08/2020 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1