Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session
Relating to: production and possession of cannabidiol for treatment of a seizure disorder and providing a penalty. (FE)
Drugs — Criminal acts and law enforcement Epilepsy Pharmacy Physician Safety and professional services, department of
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill establishes a licensure program administered by the Department of
Safety and Professional Services for producers of cannabidiol. Under the bill, a
person may possess tetrahydrocannabinols to produce CBD oil, and may produce
CBD oil and deliver it, only if the person is licensed by DSPS and only if the CBD oil
is produced in a form without a psychoactive effect for the treatment of a seizure
disorder.
The bill also makes certain changes to the requirements for possessing CBD oil
and dispensing it to patients. Current law designates THC as a schedule I controlled
substance and defines THC to exclude CBD oil in a form without a psychoactive effect
that is dispensed by a pharmacy or physician approved by the Controlled Substances
Board to treat a seizure disorder or that is possessed by a person with documentation
from a physician that the CBD oil is to treat a seizure disorder. Under the bill, THC
does not include CBD oil in a form without a psychoactive effect without regard to
who dispenses it or possesses it. The bill also specifies that any person may possess
CBD oil to treat a seizure disorder and that any pharmacy or physician may dispense
CBD oil to treat a seizure disorder.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Full history
- Mar 3, 2016 · Senate
Introduced by Senator C. Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Kahl, Brostoff, Sinicki, Goyke, Berceau, Johnson and Wachs
- Mar 3, 2016 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Mar 31, 2016 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 13, 2016 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1