LCO No. 1566 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6849 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1566 Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW Introduced by: REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist. AN ACT ALLOWING APPROVED MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS TO GROW MARIJUANA PLANTS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to allow patients who have 1 been approved to use medical marijuana and have been issued a card 2 allowing them to do so by the Department of Consumer Protection to 3 grow up to six marijuana plants. 4 Statement of Purpose: To allow approved medical marijuana patients to grow a limited number of marijuana plants.