SB 1820 (2021) -  Medical Use of Marijuana

General Bill by Powell
Medical Use of Marijuana: Prohibiting an employer from taking adverse personnel action against an employee or a job applicant who is a qualified patient for his or her lawful use of medical marijuana; deleting a requirement that certain qualified physician examinations and assessments of a qualified patient be conducted while physically present in the same room as the qualified patient; authorizing certain third-party entities to grow, possess, test, transport, and lawfully dispose of marijuana for research purposes; authorizing telehealth providers to prescribe controlled substances to qualified patients through telehealth under certain circumstances, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Event: 04/30/21 S Died in Health Policy on Friday, April 30, 2021 2:40 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Health Policy
  • Governmental Oversight and Accountability
  • Rules

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 335 Subject: Medical Marijuana Public Employee Protection Relationship: Compare
Bill #: HB 1411 Subject: Regulation of the Medical Use of Marijuana Relationship: Compare
Bill #: SB 692 Subject: Medical Marijuana Public Employee Protection Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

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Vote History

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Health Policy Time: 04/30/2021 - 2:40 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 204 Time: 03/10/2021 - 11:56 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Health Policy; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules -SJ 204 Time: 03/04/2021 - 4:44 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/26/2021 - 12:30 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
112.219 HB 335, SB 692, HB 1411
381.986 SB 172, SB 214, SB 310, HB 343, SB 562, SB 564, HB 593, HB 595, SB 710, HB 811, HB 1411, HB 1455, CS/CS/HB 1565*, CS/CS/SB 1568, SB 1958, SB 2502, HB 5003, HB 7029
381.9885
456.47 CS/HB 247, SB 660, CS/SB 700, HB 831, CS/SB 864, HB 1411, HB 1477, CS/CS/SB 1568, HB 6079

(*) Not the latest version