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CS/CS/SB 406: Compassionate Use of Low-THC Cannabis and Marijuana

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Health Policy ; Bradley ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Young ; Hutson

Compassionate Use of Low-THC Cannabis and Marijuana; Authorizing physicians to issue physician certifications to specified patients who meet certain conditions; requiring the Department of Health to register caregivers meeting certain requirements on the compassionate use registry; requiring the department to establish a quality control program that requires medical marijuana treatment centers to submit samples from each batch or lot of marijuana to an independent testing laboratory; creating the “Medical Marijuana Research and Education Act”; establishing the Coalition for Medical Marijuana Research and Education within the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc., etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 5/4/2017 Senate - Laid on Table -SJ 829
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/19/2017 Senate • Filed
2/1/2017 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 66
3/7/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 66
3/29/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/03/17, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
4/3/2017 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 319
4/5/2017 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
4/6/2017 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 319
• CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 323
4/13/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 04/18/17, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
4/18/2017 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 6 NAYS 1 -SJ 443
4/20/2017 Senate • Now in Appropriations -SJ 443
• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/25/17, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
4/25/2017 Senate • CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 15 NAYS 1 -SJ 562
4/27/2017 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
4/28/2017 Senate • CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 562
5/1/2017 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/03/17
5/3/2017 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar
5/4/2017 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 828
• Substituted CS/CS/HB 1397 (Died in House) -SJ 829
• Laid on Table -SJ 829