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AZ SB1284

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/30/2019

Primary Sponsor

Juan Mendez

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fourth Legislature - First Regular Session (2019)

AI Summary

  • Establishes a civil penalty of not more than $50 for possession or use of less than one ounce of marijuana (not for sale).

  • Maintains felony classifications for marijuana possession of one ounce or more, with penalties ranging from class 6 felony (one ounce to less than two pounds) to class 4 felony (four pounds or more).

  • Maintains existing felony penalties for possession with intent to sell, production, and transportation of marijuana, with classifications based on weight thresholds.

  • Requires mandatory minimum fines of $750 or three times the marijuana's value (whichever is greater) for all marijuana convictions and prohibits judges from suspending any portion of the fine.

  • Applies exceptions to licensed industrial hemp producers and those engaged in federally-authorized commercial hemp production outside the agricultural pilot program.

Legislative Description

Marijuana; civil penalty

Marijuana

Last Action

Senate read second time

1/31/2019

Full Bill Text

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