l9n/ Mississippi

2018 Regular Session

House Bill 1204

Medical marijuana; authorize Alcorn State University to enter memoranda of understanding for local farmers to grow for out-of-state vendors.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Drug Policy Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM OF COOPERATIVE FARMING FOR THE CULTIVATION OF MARIJUANA FOR DISTRIBUTION TO OUT-OF-STATE VENDORS LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO DISPENSE MARIJUANA FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN PROVISIONS REGARDING THE CULTIVATION OF MARIJUANA FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES WHICH MUST BE INCLUDED IN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN A LOCAL FARMER AND ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY; TO CREATE THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA LOCAL FARMERS SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY FOR THE DEPOSIT OF CERTAIN MONEYS COLLECTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CULTIVATION OF MARIJUANA; TO AUTHORIZE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO ENACT ORDINANCES RESTRICTING FARMS FOR THE CULTIVATION OF MARIJUANA FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES UNDER THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-29-125, 41-29-127, 41-29-136, 41-29-137, 41-29-139, 41-29-141 AND 41-29-143, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 15 to January 30, 2018, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days

Drug PolicyJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 15 – Jan 30

  1. Jan 15Referred to the House committee on Drug Policy
  2. Jan 30Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To Drug PolicyHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives