Connecticut 2019 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00690 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/25/2019

                     
 
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General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 690  
January Session, 2019  
LCO No. 3185 
 
 
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY  
 
 
Introduced by:  
SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CANNABIS EQUITY POLICY. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That the general statutes be amended to establish a cannabis equity 1 
policy through open legalization of cannabis, the expungement of 2 
criminal records of cannabis convictions, tax incentives for cannabis-3 
related businesses to hire ex-offenders, diversity requirements, 4 
including for geographic diversity, within the licensing process for the 5 
cannabis industry, a reinvestment scheme using revenue to hire ex-6 
offenders into the industry, protections in housing and public services 7 
and the creation of the "office of justice reinvestment" to oversee the 8 
policy. 9 
Statement of Purpose:   
To establish a cannabis equity policy.