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ND HB1340

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/16/2017

Primary Sponsor

Rick Becker

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Origin

House of Representatives

65th Legislative Assembly

AI Summary

  • Reduces penalty for ingesting or inhaling marijuana to an infraction, down from class A misdemeanor for other controlled substances.

  • Downgrades marijuana possession of one ounce (28.35 grams) or less from class B misdemeanor to an infraction; possession of more than one ounce becomes class A misdemeanor.

  • Changes penalties for manufacturing, delivering, or possessing marijuana with intent to deliver to exclude marijuana from class B felony charges that apply to other schedule I, II, or III substances.

  • Reduces penalty for using or possessing drug paraphernalia for marijuana to an infraction, down from class A misdemeanor.

  • Modifies drug paraphernalia delivery penalties to exclude marijuana-related paraphernalia from certain felony charges, making such violations a class AB misdemeanor instead.

Legislative Description

Manufacturing, delivering, inhaling, ingesting, and possessing marijuana and using and possessing marijuana paraphernalia; and to provide a penalty.

Last Action

Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 35 nays 54

2/16/2017

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services1/16/2017

Full Bill Text

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