HB 1563: Concerning arrest protections for the medical use of cannabis.
Signed into law: Chapter 254, Laws of 2023
- Sponsor
- Kloba
- Introduced
- January 24, 2023
- Status
- C 254 L 23
- Last action
- Effective date 7/23/2023. (May 4, 2023)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:01 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Provides criminal and civil protections, rather than an affirmative defense, to qualifying patients and designated providers who have a valid authorization for the medical use of cannabis. Specifies the cannabis possession limit for a person who is both a qualifying patient and a designated provider for another qualifying patient.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 3, 202363 yea · 32 nay · 3 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 12, 202337 yea · 12 nay
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