Assigned to APPROP FOR COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1715
hemp-derived manufactured cannabinoids; prohibition
Purpose
Defines hemp-derived manufactured psychotropic cannabinoids. Contains requirements
for enactment for initiation and referendum (Proposition 105).
Background
The Smart and Safe Arizona Fund (Fund) consists of monies received from tax on the sale
of recreational marijuana products and license and registration fees. Monies in the Fund are to be
used to pay for costs to state agencies to implement 2020 Proposition 207. The remaining monies
are distributed as follows: 1) 33 percent to community college districts; 2) 31.4 percent to
municipal police and fire departments; 3) 25.4 percent to the Highway User Revenue Fund; 4) 10
percent to the Justice Reinvestment Fund; and 5) 0.2 percent to the Attorney General (A.R.S. 36-
2856).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1. Defines hemp-derived manufactured psychotropic cannabinoids as any cannabinoid that is
derived from hemp and altered by a chemical reaction that changes the molecular structure of
any natural cannabinoid derived from hemp to another cannabinoid with psychotropic
properties that is found naturally in hemp that includes:
a) delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol;
b) delta-10 tetrahydrocannabinol;
c) hexahydrocannabinol;
d) tetrahydrocannabiphoral;
e) tetrahydrocannabinol acetate ester; and
f) tetrahydrocannabivarin.
2. Excludes any cannabinoid derived from hemp that is produced by decarboxylation from
naturally occurring cannabinoid acid without the use of a chemical catalyst from the definition
hemp-derived manufactured psychotropic cannabinoids.
3. Excludes hemp-derived manufactured psychotropic cannabinoids from the definitions of
industrial hemp, usable marijuana, marijuana concentrate, marijuana products and
marijuana. FACT SHEET
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4. Adds investigating and acting on the sale, marketing and distribution of hemp-derived
manufactured psychotropic cannabinoids to the allowable uses of the Attorney General's
portion of the Fund monies.
5. Makes technical and conforming changes.
6. Requires for enactment the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the members of each
house of the Legislature (Proposition 105).
7. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 4, 2022
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