Bill Text - HB1295 (2024)

Relative to penalties for criminal violations of the therapeutic use of cannabis.


Revision: Nov. 14, 2023, 4:28 p.m.

 

2024 SESSION

24-2185.2

09/10

 

HOUSE BILL [bill number]

 

AN ACT relative to penalties for criminal violations of the therapeutic use of cannabis.

 

SPONSORS: [sponsors]

 

COMMITTEE: [committee]

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill amends the penalty for the unauthorized sale of cannabis by a qualifying patient or designated caregiver.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2185.2

09/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to penalties for criminal violations of the therapeutic use of cannabis.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Use of Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes; Prohibitions and Limitations on the Therapeutic Use of Cannabis.  Amend RSA 126-X:3, VI to read as follows:

VI. Any qualifying patient or designated caregiver who sells cannabis to another person who is not a qualifying patient or designated caregiver under this chapter shall be subject to the criminal penalties specified in RSA 318-B:26[, IX-a,] and shall have his or her registry identification card revoked[, and shall be subject to other penalties as provided in RSA 318-B:26].

2  Repeal.  RSA 318-B:26, IX-a, relative to penalties for the sale of cannabis to a person who is not a qualifying patient or designated caregiver, is repealed.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.