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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7258
January Session, 2025
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY CONCERNING DRIVING UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF CANNABIS OR PSILOCYBIN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Department of Emergency 1
Services and Public Protection shall study the feasibility of instituting a 2
blood tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) level and psilocybin level at which 3
point a driver is per se driving while intoxicated, in a manner analogous 4
to blood alcohol content. In conducting such study, the department shall 5
examine the cannabis and psilocybin-related driving while under the 6
influence structure of the following states: Colorado, Illinois, Montana, 7
Nevada, Ohio and Washington. Not later than February 1, 2026, the 8
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall report 9
such study, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 10
general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 11
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary with 12
recommendations and options for implementing per se blood levels of 13
THC and psilocybin for determination of when a person is driving 14
under the influence of cannabis or psilocybin in this state. 15
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section Substitute Bill No. 7258
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JUD Joint Favorable Subst.