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IN SB0211
Bill
Status
1/3/2019
Primary Sponsor
Karen Tallian
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AI Summary
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Establishes a new Cannabis Compliance Commission with 4 commissioners appointed by the governor to 4-year terms, with no more than 2 from the same political party, to regulate growth, processing, distribution, and sale of legal cannabis in Indiana
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Creates a Cannabis Compliance Advisory Committee with 4 voting legislative members and 5 nonvoting members (including law enforcement, state revenue, agriculture, seed commissioner, and the commission's executive director) to review commission rules and legislative proposals
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Transfers all industrial hemp regulatory authority from the state seed commissioner to the new commission effective July 1, 2019, including licensing, inspections, THC testing, and enforcement powers
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Authorizes the commission to issue research licenses to accredited Indiana universities and pharmaceutical/agricultural businesses with Indiana research facilities for cannabis research
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Grants the commission broad enforcement powers including property inspections, subpoena authority, civil penalties up to $2,500 for industrial hemp violations, and authority to detain crops exceeding 0.3% THC concentration
Legislative Description
Cannabis compliance commission. Establishes the cannabis compliance commission to regulate all forms of legal cannabis in Indiana, including industrial hemp and low THC hemp extract.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology
1/3/2019