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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5429
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2394
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
REP. SHANNON, 117th Dist.
REP. SWEET, 91st Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING CAREGIVERS, QUALIFYING PATIENTS AND
THE PALLIATIVE USE OF CANNABIS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 420f of the general statutes be amended to, for purposes 1
of the state's palliative-use cannabis market, (1) redefine "caregiver" as 2
"medical cannabis caregiver", (2) redefine "qualifying patient", (3) define 3
"plant canopy" and "incidental cannabis material", (4) authorize 4
qualifying patients and medical cannabis caregivers to engage in 5
additional cultivation activities subject to area, security, privacy, odor 6
mitigation and fee requirements, (5) cap certain cannabis testing 7
laboratory fees, (6) provide additional anti-discrimination protections to 8
qualifying patients and medical cannabis caregivers, (7) modify the 9
Department of Consumer Protection's enforcement powers and the 10
duration and terms of qualifying patient registration certificates, and (8) 11
modify, and establish new, penalties. 12 Proposed Bill No. 5429
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Statement of Purpose:
To, for purposes of the state's palliative-use cannabis market, (1) define
and redefine certain terms, (2) authorize qualifying patients and medical
cannabis caregivers to engage in additional cultivation activities, (3) cap
certain cannabis testing laboratory fees, (4) provide additional anti-
discrimination protections to qualifying patients and caregivers, (5)
modify the Department of Consumer Protection's enforcement powers
and the duration and terms of qualifying patient registration certificates,
and (6) modify, and establish new, penalties.