Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2821
Marijuana; allow medical use by seriously ill patients under doctor's supervision.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA BY SERIOUSLY ILL PATIENTS UNDER A PHYSICIAN'S SUPERVISION; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION FROM CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PENALTIES FOR THE MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA; TO PROVIDE LIMITATIONS ON THE MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA; TO PROVIDE A LEGAL DEFENSE FOR PATIENTS AND PRIMARY CAREGIVERS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-29-113 AND 41-29-115, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO TRANSFER MARIJUANA FROM SCHEDULE I TO SCHEDULE II UNDER THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-139, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT THE MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA FROM CRIMINAL PENALTIES UNDER THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES LAW; 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 Senate
Sponsor
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 SenateJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 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 Senate Jan 15 – Jan 30
- Jan 15Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Judiciary, Division A
- Jan 30Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 15Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Jan 30Died In CommitteeSenate