l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 611

Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act; revise provisions relating to.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Medicaid Committee on March 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-137-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION IN THE MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CANNABIS ACT OF THE MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CANNABIS EQUIVALENCY UNIT (MMCEU) TO DESIGNATE ONE UNIT OF MMCEU AS ONE GRAM OF THC IN A CANNABIS CONCENTRATE OR ONE GRAM OF THC IN AN INFUSED PRODUCT; TO AMEND SECTION 41-137-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONER TO ISSUE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION OF A PATIENT'S DEBILITATING MEDICAL CONDITION AFTER A TELEMEDICINE EVALUATION FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE HOMEBOUND OR BEDBOUND AS CERTIFIED BY A PRACTITIONER OTHER THAN THE PRACTITIONER MAKING THE WRITTEN CERTIFICATION; TO AMEND SECTION 41-137-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT AN APPLICANT FOR A MEDICAL CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE FROM APPLYING TO A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY FOR ANY ACTION REGARDING ZONING OR PERMITTING OF A MEDICAL CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENT UNTIL AFTER THE APPLICANT HAS RECEIVED A MEDICAL CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE FROM THE MDOH OR MDOR AS APPLICABLE; 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 March 4, 2025, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 15 to Jan 2813 days

Business and CommerceJan 15 to Jan 238 days

In the SenateJan 28 to Mar 4 · stopped35 days

MedicaidFeb 17 to Mar 4 · 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 28

  1. Jan 15Referred to the House committee on Business and Commerce
  2. Jan 23Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Jan 28Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Jan 29 – Mar 4

  1. Jan 29Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committees on Medicaid and on Public Health and Welfare
  3. Mar 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To Business and CommerceHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 23Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Jan 28Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Jan 28PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Jan 29Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 17Referred To Medicaid;Public Health and WelfareSenate
  7. Mar 4Died In CommitteeSenate