| 6 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 7 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 305 3 |
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| 8 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 9 | 7 | | By: Senator C. Penzo 5 |
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| 10 | 8 | | By: Representative Pilkington 6 |
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| 11 | 9 | | 7 |
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| 12 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 13 | 11 | | AN ACT TO REQUIRE CERTAIN TESTING OF PROCESSED 9 |
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| 14 | 12 | | MARIJUANA PRODUCTS SOLD AS MEDICAL MARIJUANA; AND FOR 10 |
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| 15 | 13 | | OTHER PURPOSES. 11 |
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| 16 | 14 | | 12 |
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| 17 | 15 | | 13 |
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| 18 | 16 | | Subtitle 14 |
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| 19 | 17 | | TO REQUIRE CERTAIN TESTING OF PROCESSED 15 |
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| 20 | 18 | | MARIJUANA PRODUCTS SOLD AS MEDICAL 16 |
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| 21 | 19 | | MARIJUANA. 17 |
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| 22 | 20 | | 18 |
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| 23 | 21 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 19 |
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| 24 | 22 | | 20 |
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| 25 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 20, Chapter 56, Subchapter 3, is 21 |
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| 26 | 24 | | amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 22 |
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| 27 | 25 | | 20-56-309. Testing of processed marijuana product — Definition. 23 |
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| 28 | 26 | | (a)(1) As used in this section, "processed marijuana product" means a 24 |
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| 29 | 27 | | marijuana product intended for human consumption that has been altered from 25 |
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| 30 | 28 | | the usable marijuana under the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016, 26 |
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| 31 | 29 | | Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 98, by extraction, concentration, 27 |
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| 32 | 30 | | encapsulation, chemical manipulation, or other process. 28 |
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| 33 | 31 | | (2) "Processed marijuana product" includes without limitation 29 |
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| 34 | 32 | | edibles, oils, concentrations, tinctures, topicals, inhalables, and other 30 |
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| 35 | 33 | | forms of marijuana that have been infused or processed. 31 |
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| 36 | 34 | | (3)(A) "Processed marijuana product" is separate and distinct 32 |
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| 37 | 35 | | from marijuana paraphernalia that requires the combustion of marijuana to be 33 |
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| 38 | 36 | | properly utilized, including pipes, water pipes, bongs, chillums, rolling 34 |
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| 39 | 37 | | papers, and roach clips. 35 |
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| 45 | 41 | | prohibitions that are applicable to paraphernalia. 1 |
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| 46 | 42 | | (b) All processed marijuana products shall be tested after being fully 2 |
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| 47 | 43 | | processed and in the form of a finished product suitable for packaging. 3 |
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| 48 | 44 | | (c) The testing under this section shall comply with the rules of the 4 |
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| 49 | 45 | | Department of Health and include without limitation the testing of: 5 |
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| 50 | 46 | | (1) Pesticides; 6 |
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| 51 | 47 | | (2) Heavy metals; 7 |
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| 52 | 48 | | (3) Microbiological contaminants; 8 |
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| 53 | 49 | | (4) Residual solvents; and 9 |
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| 54 | 50 | | (5) Concentrations of tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol. 10 |
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