Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2767
Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CANNABIS ACT; TO AUTHORIZE MEDICAL CANNABIS USE BY CERTAIN PATIENTS WHO HAVE DEBILITATING MEDICAL CONDITIONS; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN PROTECTIONS TO PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS, MEDICAL PROVIDERS, MEDICAL CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENTS, DISPENSARIES, PHARMACIES AND TESTING FACILITIES FOR THE MEDICAL USE OF CANNABIS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WILL ADMINISTER THIS ACT AND ISSUE REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO QUALIFYING PATIENTS AND REGISTRATIONS TO QUALIFYING FACILITIES; TO AUTHORIZE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ENACT CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE AND THE DEPARTMENT; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THIS ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 27-65-28, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE RETAIL SALES OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS SHALL BE TAXED BY 7%; TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI WORKFORCE AND COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES LAST DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN FULL-TIME PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND WORK FORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS FROM FUNDS GENERATED FROM THE SALES AND EXCISE TAX OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS; 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; TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; 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 18 to February 2, 2021, 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 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days
FinanceJan 18 to Feb 2 · 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.