Over the years ASA has weighed in on state and local legislation and regulations. Look in this section to see if ASA has already responded to legislative proposals in your area.

Analysis

Federal

Veterans Equal Access Amendment (2016)

Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, Respect States (CARERS) Act of 2015 (Fall 2016 update)

Arizona

Arizona’s Proposed Medical Marijuana Program (2011)

Colorado

Colorado Proposed Rules 1 CCR 212-1 (2015)

District of Columbia

DC Second Proposed Rulemaking (2010)

DC Third Proposed Rulemaking (2011)

Hawaii

Hawaii Proposed Medical Marijuana Bill HB 923 (2011)

Maryland

HB 302 Fact Sheet (2013)

HB 1101 Fact Sheet (2013)

HB 302 1101 Comparison (2013)

HB 881 and 1321 Analysis (2014)

HB 433, 490, 601, and SB 456 (2015)

Massachusetts

S905, Dispensary Zoning (2013)

Michigan

HB 4271, Dispensary Bill (2013)

Minnesota 

HF 508, Affirmative Defense (2013)

Montana

Montana Proposed Medical Marijuana Bill (2011)

Nevada

Nevada Proposed Medical Marijuana Bill: The Compassionate Access in Nevada Act of 2011

New Hampshire

HB 573 Fact Sheet (2013)

New York

AB 6357 Fact Sheet (2013)

Ohio

OH HB 523 Analysis (2016)

Pennsylvania

SB 3 Analysis (2015)

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Proposed Medical Marijuana Bill HB 5401 (2011)

Virginia

HB 1445 and 1605 Analysis (2015)

Safe Access VA Analysis of HB 684 (2014)

Utah

SB 73 and SB 87 Side By Side Comparison (2016)

Public Comment

Federal

Letter to GOP House Reps for Veterans Equal Access Amendment (2016)

ASA Written Statement for July 13, 2016 Senate Judiciary Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee Hearing on Medical Cannabis (2016)

California

Sept 2016 Marin Health Board Resolution Letter of Support (2016)

Connecticut

Connecticut Department of Consumer Safety Proposed Regulations (2013)

Colorado

Colorado's Proposed Amendments to 5 CCR 1006-2, Regulation 6 Rules and Regulations Pertaining to the Medical Use of Marijuana

City of Denver Proposed Ordinance on Marijuana Odor

Delaware

Delaware Proposed Medical Marijuana Regulations, October 2013

District of Columbia

Washington DC’s Municipal Regulations to Amend Title 22 by Adding Subtitle C “Medical Marijuana” (2010)

Washington, DC Emergency and Third Proposed Rulemaking to Implement the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 (2011)

DC Department of Health Proposed Regulations April 2013

Written Testimony to the DC Council Committee on Health Re October 21, 2013 Oversight Hearing

2014 Committee on Health oversight hearing testimony

Letter to DC Council on Medical Marijuana Cultivation Center Exception Temporary Amendment Act of 2015

Testimony to the Council of the District of Columbia Committee on Health and Human Services Bill 21-192, the “Medical Marijuana Laboratory Testing Amendment Act of 2015" Bill 21-210, the “Medical Marijuana Reciprocity Amendment Act of 2015”

Testimony on B21-023, the “Marijuana Legalization and Regulation Act of 2015” and B21-025, the “Prohibition of Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing Act of 2015”

Testimony to the DC Council, DOH Oversight Hearing (February 2016)

Georgia

Presentation to Georgia Medical Cannabis Commission (June 2015)

GA Academic And State Agency Cultivation Memo (2016)

Illinois

Illinois proposed regulations for Title 77, Chapter 1, Subchapter u, Part 946: Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Patient Registry (Feb. 2014)

Maryland

Maryland's Proposed Medical Marijuana Legislation

Public Comments on Sept 2014 draft regulations

Public Comments on Feb 2015 draft regulations

Comments to Anne Arundel County Council on Zoning Bills (Oct. 2015)

Dept. of Agriculture Regulation Comments (2016)

Maryland HB 1479 (2016)

Massachusetts

Department of Public Health Proposed Regulations, April 2013

Letter to State Senate on Proposed Legislation on Edibles, May 2013

Department of Public Health Proposed Regulations on Patient Fees, June 2013

Letter to Conference Committee on MIP Packaging, June 2013

Letter to Joint Committee on Public Health in Support of H. 2065 (2015)

Montana

Montana HB 161: An Act Repealing the Medical Marijuana Law (2011)

Nevada

Nevada Proposed Medical Marijuana Bill: The Compassionate Access in Nevada Act of 2011

Nevada Proposed Dispensary Regulations Implementing SB 374 (2013), Dec. 2013

New York

New York AB 9016 (2010)

New York Proposed Regulation Comments (2014)

Oregon

Comments on HB 3460 (dispensaries), May 2013 

South Carolina

Testimony on S. 672 (Sept. 2015)

Utah

Support Letter for SB 73 (2016)

Washington

Comments on Washington Liquor Control Board Proposal on I-502 and Medical Cannabis, November 2013

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