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SB 1696: Adult Use Marijuana Legalization

GENERAL BILL by Farmer

Adult Use Marijuana Legalization; Establishing the Division of Cannabis Management within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; prohibiting the use of false identification by persons under 21 years of age for specified activities relating to recreational marijuana; exempting certain activities involving marijuana from use and possession offenses; authorizing persons 21 years of age or older to engage in certain activities involving the personal use, possession, transport, and cultivation of marijuana in limited amounts; providing that marijuana establishments that sell food containing marijuana are considered food establishments for the purposes of specified regulations; authorizing an individual convicted of certain crimes to petition the court for expunction of his or her criminal history record under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: July 1, 2022, but only if SB 1624, SB 1626, and SB 1698 or similar legislation are adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and become laws
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/7/2022 Senate • Filed
    1/12/2022 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations -SJ 146
    1/18/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 145
    3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Health Policy

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  • SB 1696, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/7/2022 at 7:43 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (9)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1624 Fees/Marijuana Establishments Farmer Linked Last Action: 3/14/2022 S Died in Health Policy
    S 1626 Trust Funds/Division of Cannabis Trust Fund/Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Farmer Linked Last Action: 3/14/2022 S Died in Health Policy
    S 1698 Taxes/Marijuana Farmer Linked Last Action: 3/14/2022 S Died in Health Policy
    H 467 Legalization of Recreational Marijuana Hinson Compare Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
    H 549 Legalization of Recreational Marijuana Omphroy Compare Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
    H 1471 Availability of Marijuana for Adult Use Smith Compare Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died in Professions & Public Health Subcommittee; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5003 (Ch. 2022-157)
    S 776 Availability of Marijuana for Adult Use Brandes Compare Last Action: 3/14/2022 S Died in Health Policy, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5003 (Ch. 2022-157)
    S 1488 Expunction of Criminal History Records Relating to Certain Cannabis Offenses Bracy Compare Last Action: 3/14/2022 S Died in Judiciary
    S 1884 Legalization of Recreational Marijuana Powell Compare Last Action: 3/14/2022 S Died in Regulated Industries

    Citations - Statutes (23)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    20.14 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Page 5 (pdf)
    500.03 Definitions; construction; applicability. Page 29 (pdf)
    500.105 Page 29 (pdf)
    556.013 Page 7 (pdf)
    562.13 Employment of minors or certain other persons by certain vendors prohibited; exceptions. Page 29 (pdf)
    566.011 Page 5 (pdf)
    566.031 Page 7 (pdf)
    566.0311 Page 9 (pdf)
    566.032 Page 10 (pdf)
    566.033 Page 10 (pdf)
    566.034 Page 11 (pdf)
    566.035 Page 14 (pdf)
    566.036 Page 16 (pdf)
    566.037 Page 22 (pdf)
    566.039 Page 25 (pdf)
    566.04 Page 25 (pdf)
    566.041 Page 26 (pdf)
    566.042 Page 26 (pdf)
    566.0635 Page 21 (pdf)
    569.0073 Special provisions; smoking pipes and smoking devices. Page 30 (pdf)
    893.13 Prohibited acts; penalties. Page 30 (pdf)
    893.135 Trafficking; mandatory sentences; suspension or reduction of sentences; conspiracy to engage in trafficking. Page 31 (pdf)
    943.0586 Page 51 (pdf)

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