HB 2555 Summary

• Establishes a civil penalty of not more than $100 for possessing or using marijuana in amounts less than one ounce, rather than criminal charges.

• Maintains felony classifications for marijuana possession, production, and transportation offenses involving larger amounts, with penalties ranging from class 6 to class 2 felonies depending on weight thresholds.

• Requires courts to impose minimum fines of $750 or three times the value of marijuana involved, whichever is greater, for all marijuana violations with exceptions for suspended sentences.

• Mandates community restitution hours and drug testing as conditions of probation for felony marijuana convictions.

• Exempts persons licensed to produce industrial hemp and those engaged in federally-authorized commercial hemp operations from marijuana possession and production penalties.