Summary
Amended and Held House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee 2pm
SB-1271 HEMP-DERIVED PRODUCTS; REGULATION
Scheduled House Health & Human Services March 20th 2pm
SB1466 – MEDICAL MARIJUANA; ADULT USE MARIJUANA
Passed Senate Rules
HB2446- SMART AND SAFE FUND; DISTRIBUTION
No movement
SB1064- SENTENCING ENHANCEMENTS; DRUG-FREE ZONE
HB2631- MARIJUANA REGULATORY BOARD; LICENSING QUALIFICATION
Details
HB2446- SMART AND SAFE FUND; DISTRIBUTION
Passed Senate Rules 3-13-23
Passed Senate Military Affairs and Public Safety 3-8-23 (VIDEO)(vote 7-0)
Senate Second Read 3-01-23
Senate First Read 2-28-23
Transmitted To Senate 2-23-23
Passed Third Read House 2-23-23 (Video)(vote-60-0)
Passed: COW as amended 2-22-23
Passed: Consent
Passed: Caucus 2-21-23
Passed: Rules 2-21-23
Passed: House Commerce 2/14/23 (VIDEO) (vote: 10-0)
Held: House Commerce 2/7/23
Scheduled: House Commerce 2/7/23
Second Read: 1/24/23
Assigned to House Health and Human Services 1/23/23
Introduced: 01/12/23
Modifies the distributions from the Smart and Safe Fund by adding Indian reservation police agencies, Indian reservation firefighting agencies, university police departments at universities under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Board of Regents, the Department of Public Safety, and joint powers authorities to the list of entities that receive 31.4 percent of Fund monies in proportion to the number of enrolled members in the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System. Retroactive to January 1, 2021. Due to voter protection, this legislation requires the affirmative vote of at least 3/4 of the members of each house of the Legislature for passage.
Sections Affected
36-2856 Amended
Sponsor:
Martinez Prime
Cook. Co-Sponsor
Gress. Co-Sponsor
Wilmeth Co-Sponsor
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HB2631- MARIJUANA REGULATORY BOARD; LICENSING QUALIFICATION
No movement
Passed Motion To Reconsider 3-8-23
Failed House Third Read 3-8-23 (VIDEO)
Passed House COW 03-01-23 (Video)
Passed House Rules 2-27-23 (Video)
Passed House Caucus 2-27-23 (Video)
Passed: House Military Affairs & Public Safety 2/13/23 (VIDEO) (vote 7-6-1-1)
Second Read 2/8/23
Assigned: 2/7/23 to House Military Affairs & Public Safety
First Read: 2/7/23
Introduced:2/6/23
An applicant for a new nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary registration certificate or a new marijuana establishment license is required to be an Arizona resident and must demonstrate residency with at least two documents from a specified list of documents that include the applicant’s name and address. Establishes a 7-member Arizona Marijuana Regulatory Board and transfers responsibility for the regulation of both medical marijuana and adult-use marijuana to the Board, from the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS). Session law provides for the transfer of all administrative matter, licenses and registrations, equipment and other property, and related personnel to be trasnferred to the Board from ADHS on January 1, 2025. Effective January 1, 2025. Due to voter protection, this legislation requires the affirmative vote of at least 3/4 of the members of each house of the Legislature for passage.
Sections Affected
36-2823 Added
36-2866 Added
41-3033.01 Added
Sponsor
Payne Prime
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SB1064- SENTENCING ENHANCEMENTS; DRUG-FREE ZONE
No Movement
Passed Caucus 2-28-23
Passed Senate Rules 2-27-23
Passed Senate Judiciary 2/15/23 (VIDEO) (vote 6-1)
Held: Senate Judiciary- 2/9/23
Held: Senate Judiciary- 2/2/23
Second Read- 1/23/23
Assigned to Senate Judiciary- 1/23/23
Introduced-1/17/23
It is unlawful for a person to knowingly be present in a drug-free neighborhood zone” (defined) to sell or transfer marijuana, peyote, prescription-only drugs, dangerous drugs or narcotic drugs. A person in violation is guilty of the same class of felony that the person would otherwise be guilty of had the violation not occurred within a drug-free neighborhood zone, except that the presumptive, minimum and maximum sentence must be increased by one year, and the court is required to order the person to pay a fine of at least $2,000 or three times the value of the drugs involved, whichever is greater.
Sections Affected
13-3411 Amended
13-3424 Added
Kavanagh Prime
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SB-1271 HEMP-DERIVED PRODUCTS; REGULATION
Amended and Held March 13th, Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs (VIDEO)
Held March 6th, Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee 2pm.
House Second Read, 2-28-23
House First Read, 2-27-23
Transmitted to House 2-20-23
Passed 3rd Read 2-20-23 (VIDEO) (vote 29-0-1-0-0)
Senate Caucus 2/14/23
Passed: Senate Consent 2/13/23
Passed Senate Rules 2/13/23
Passed: Senate Natural Resources, Energy and Water 2/9/23 (VIDEO) (vote 7-0)
Second Read: 1/31/23
Assigned: Senate Natural Resources, Energy and Water- 1/30/23
Introduced: 1/25/23
Numerous changes to statutes regulating “hemp-derived products” (defined). The Director of the Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) is requirefd to oversee and prescribe requirements for labeling and retail sale of hemp-derived products in Arizona. Manufacturers and retailers are added to the list of entities that must obtain an industrial hemp licensed from AZDA. Establishes a method for calculating the total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of a crop.
Sections Affected
3-311 Amended
3-312 Amended
3-313. 3-314 Amended
3-316 Amended
3-317 Amended
3-320 Amended
Sponsor
Borrelli Prime
Gowan Co-Sponsor
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SB1466 – MEDICAL MARIJUANA; ADULT USE MARIJUANA
Scheduled March 20th 2pm House Health & Human Services
House Second Read 3-8-23
Assigned House Health & Human Services 3-7-23
House First Read 3-7-23
Transmitted To House 3-03-23
Passed Senate Third Read 3-02-23 (Video) (vote- 24-6-0)
Amended Senate COW 3-01-23
Senate Republican Caucus:02/21/2023
Senate Democratic Caucus:02/20/2023
Passed Senate Rules 2-20-23
Passed Senate Health and Human Services 2/14/23 (VIDEO) (vote 7-0)
Second Read: 2/9/23
Assigned- Senate Health and Human Services Committee 2/1/23
First Read- 2/1/23
Introduced- 1/30/23
Summary:By December 31, 2023, any marijuana or marijuana product packaging labeled for sale is required to include a consumer scannable tetrahydrocannabinol quick response code or similar technology linking to a webpage that displays a list of specified information for the specific marijuana product, including required warnings as determined by the Arizona Department of Health Services. By December 31, 2023, nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries are required to procure, develop, acquire and maintain a system to track marijuana and marijuana products at all points of cultivation, manufacture and sale. Requirements for the system are listed. Nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries are required to sell marijuana and marijuana products in clearly and conspicuously labeled containers with accurate warnings reagarding their use, and in child-resistant packaging on exit from the dispensary. Nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries are prohibited from packaging or labeling marijuana or marijuana products in a false or misldeaing manner, and from selling or advertising maijuana or marijuana products to children or with names that resemble or imitate food or drink brands marketed to children. Due to voter protection, this legislation requires the affirmative vote of at least 3/4 of the members of each house of the Legislature for passage.
Sections Affected
36-2801.01 Amended
36-2801 Amended
36-2803 Amended
36-2803.03 Added
36-2804.05 Amended
36-2804.02 Amended
36-2806.03 Added
36-2817 Amended
36-2822 Amended
36-2854 Amended
36-2854.01 Amended
36-2856 Amended
42-5061 Amended
Sponsor:
Sen. Thomas “T.J.” Shope (R)- Prime
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