LCO No. 3287 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 744 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 3287 Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW Introduced by: SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE PALLIATIVE AND RECREATIONAL USE OF MARIJUANA. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That title 12 and chapter 420f of the general statutes be amended to 1 provide for changes to the palliative use of marijuana program, 2 including, but not limited to, an exemption for medical marijuana from 3 the sales tax, the addition of chronic pain as a qualifying condition, the 4 reduction in the annual medical marijuana patient fee to fifty dollars, 5 the elimination of the twenty-five-dollar registration fee for veterans 6 who have a primary caregiver and that the general statutes be 7 amended to establish, tax and regulate a recreational use of marijuana 8 program for adults twenty-one years of age or older. 9 Statement of Purpose: To amend the palliative marijuana program and to establish and regulate a recreational use of marijuana program.