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IN SB0307

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/4/2018

Primary Sponsor

Karen Tallian

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Origin

Senate

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

Senate Bill 307 Summary

  • Establishes a medical marijuana program in Indiana allowing qualified patients and primary caregivers with physician recommendations to possess up to 8 ounces of dried marijuana or an adequate supply for treatment, and grow up to 12 marijuana plants.

  • Creates the Department of Marijuana Enforcement (DOME) as a state agency with a 4-commissioner committee to oversee the program, issue medical marijuana cards valid for 2 years, and implement fraud prevention protocols.

  • Establishes a DOME Advisory Committee with 4 voting members (legislators) and 5 nonvoting members (law enforcement, medical professionals, state agency representatives) to review program effectiveness and rules.

  • Authorizes DOME to grant research licenses to accredited institutions and pharmaceutical/agricultural businesses with facilities in Indiana to conduct medical marijuana research.

  • Repeals the controlled substance excise tax and marijuana eradication program, and redefines marijuana possession crime to apply only when possessing or cultivating more than 2 ounces, with defenses for qualified patients, caregivers, and research license holders.

Legislative Description

Medical marijuana. Establishes a medical marijuana program (program), and permits caregivers and patients who have received a physician recommendation to possess a certain quantity of marijuana for treatment of certain medical conditions. Establishes the department of marijuana enforcement (DOME) as a state agency to oversee the program, and creates the DOME advisory committee to review the effectiveness of the program and to consider recommendations from DOME. Authorizes DOME to grant research licenses to research facilities with a physical presence in Indiana. Repeals the controlled substance excise tax and the marijuana eradication program. Provides that a person commits possession of marijuana

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

1/4/2018

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/4/2018

Full Bill Text

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