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SB548: relative to protections under the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes program.

Citation
2020 SB548
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Bill details

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House status
Died On The Table
Senate status
Passed/Adopted
Committee
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Hearing
01/22/2020 at 01:20 PM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Criminal justice and courts Cannabis

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SB 548 - AS INTRODUCED

2020 SESSION

20-3070

01/08

SENATE BILL 548

AN ACT relative to protections under the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes program.

SPONSORS: Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29; Rep. Seaworth, Merr. 20

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes protections for certain employees of the department of health and human services under certain circumstances.

This bill is a request of the department of health and human services.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-3070

01/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

AN ACT relative to protections under the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes program.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Paragraph; Use of Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes; Protections. Amend RSA 126-X:2 by inserting after paragraph XVI the following new paragraph:

XVII. Authorized employees of the department shall not be subject to arrest by state or local law enforcement, prosecution, or penalty under state or municipal law, or search, when possessing, transporting, delivering, or transferring cannabis and cannabis infused products for the purposes of regulatory oversight related to this chapter.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.