Legislation

Title: Firearms - Right to Purchase, Own, Possess, and Carry - Medical Cannabis (Patients' Rights Act)
Sponsored by: Delegates Grammer, Arikan, and Szeliga
Status: In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m. (Judiciary)
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Providing that a person may not be denied the right to purchase, own, possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is a certain qualifying patient; defining the term "qualifying patient" to mean a person who is authorized under certain provisions of law to use medical cannabis; establishing the intent of the General Assembly that medical cannabis should be treated as legal for certain purposes and the State should not penalize a qualifying patient for using the drug legally; etc.

Committees

Original:: Judiciary Click to view Recorded Media; Health and Government Operations

Details

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0534 Session: 2018 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2019

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/08/2019 Legislative Date 2/08/2019 Action First Reading Judiciary and Health and Government Operations Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/08/2019 Legislative Date 2/08/2019 Action Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m. (Judiciary) Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Firearms - Right to Purchase, Own, Possess, and Carry - Medical Cannabis (Patients' Rights Act) Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	2/08/2019	2/08/2019	First Reading Judiciary and Health and Government Operations
House	2/08/2019	2/08/2019	Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m. (Judiciary)
			Text - First - Firearms - Right to Purchase, Own, Possess, and Carry - Medical Cannabis (Patients' Rights Act)

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