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MI SB0499

Bill

Status

Introduced

9/14/2023

Primary Sponsor

Jeff Irwin

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Origin

Senate

102nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Creates exemption from criminal penalties for manufacturing, delivering, or possessing entheogenic plants or fungi (containing dimethyltryptamine, ibogaine, mescaline, psilocybin, or psilocyn) when done without receiving money or other valuable consideration.

  • Allows reasonable fees for counseling, spiritual guidance, or related services provided in conjunction with entheogenic plant or fungus use to not constitute "valuable consideration."

  • Exempts individuals from prosecution for possessing or using entheogenic plants or fungi, adding this protection to existing controlled substances laws.

  • Clarifies that "marihuana plant" means a plant that has produced cotyledons or a cutting that has produced cotyledons, affecting plant count thresholds in sentencing guidelines.

  • Defines "entheogenic plant or fungus" to include any plant or fungus naturally containing specified indole amine, tryptamine, or phenethylamine compounds listed in the statute.

Legislative Description

Controlled substances: penalties; conduct associated with entheogenic plants and fungi; exempt from criminal penalties in certain circumstances. Amends secs. 7401, 7403 & 7404 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.7401 et seq.).

Controlled substances: use

Last Action

Referred To Committee On Regulatory Affairs

9/14/2023

Committee Referrals

Regulatory Affairs9/14/2023

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