Each year Greenway compiles and monitors a list of relevant cannabis related legislation in Missouri.
With the passage of legalization for adult use of marijuana in November 2022, new issues arise and legislators are already taking aim at cannabis issues in their December prefilings.
This list will continue to be updated throughout the 2023 legislative session.
HOUSE
HB41 Burnett HB41
Establishes provisions relating to asset forfeiture
“This bill specifies that qualified immunity is waived in any case involving civil asset forfeiture.
Additionally, the bill allows a person to bring a civil suit if his or her assets were wrongfully seized in
an asset forfeiture proceeding. The person may recover three times the damages for the
wrongfully-seized assets if he or she obtains a favorable judgment.”
HB202 Francis HB 202
Repeals the industrial hemp regulatory program
HB295 Haden HB 295
Establishes the offense of possession of an open container of marijuana in a motor vehicle
HB352 Christofanelli HB352
Establishes provisions relating to expungement
HB395 Buchheit-Courtway HB395
Modifies provisions relating to expungement
HB425 Perkins HB 425
Authorizes financial institutions to provide services to organizations that participate in the marijuana industry
HB504 Plank HB 504
Allows for early release for persons serving sentences for marijuana-related offenses
HB644 Francis HB 644
Repeals provisions relating to hemp extract
HB687 Plank HB 687
Requires publicly funded state colleges and universities to allow medical marijuana use on campus
HB766 Roberts HB 766
Creates provisions relating to background checks for employees and others associated with marijuana facilities
HB785 Plank HB 785
Modifies provisions relating to smoking regulations
HB830 Mackey HB 830
Prohibits the odor of marijuana alone to give rise to probable cause to search a vehicle, home, or other private property
HB985 Plank HB 985
Creates provisions relating to licenses for marijuana facilities
SENATE
SB63 Roberts SB63
Creates new provisions relating to financial institutions
This act allows any entity that operates as a medical marijuana facility licensed or certified under Article XIV, Section 1 of the Constitution of Missouri to request in writing that a state or local licensing authority or agency, including but not limited to the Department of Health and Senior Services or Department of Revenue, share the entity’s application, license, or other regulatory and financial information with a banking institution. Such written request must include a waiver giving authorization for the transfer of the individualized data, information, or records and waiving any confidentiality or privilege that applies to that individualized data, information, or records. A state or local licensing authority or agency is permitted to share the entity’s information with the banking institution’s state and federal supervisory agencies as well.
This act is identical to SCS/SB 716 (2022), a provision in HCS/SS/SCS/SB 931 (2022), and SCS/SB 489 (2021).
SB156 Black SB156
Modifies provisions relating to the inhalation of substances
SB168 Brown SB168
Modifies provisions relating to the rulemaking authority of the Department of Health and Senior Services
SB194 May SB 194
Modifies provisions relating to industrial hemp
“Under current law, if a crop of industrial hemp contains an average THC concentration exceeding 0.3%, or the maximum concentration allowed under federal law, the Department of Agriculture may retest the crop. If the second test indicates that a crop contains an average THC concentration exceeding 0.3%, or the maximum concentration allowed under federal law, the Department may order a producer to destroy the crop.
Under this act, if a crop contains an average THC concentration exceeding 1%, the Department may retest the crop, and if the second test indicates an average THC concentration exceeding 1%, the Department may order a producer to destroy the crop.
This act is identical to SB 1235 (2022).”
SB209 Bean SB 209
Repeals provisions regulating industrial hemp and hemp cultivation
“Under the current law, any sale, distribution, or offer to sell any agricultural hemp is regulated by the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Under the current law, the Department of Agriculture regulates agricultural hemp registration and seed permit and may impose civil penalties for any violations. The current law gives authority to the Department of Agriculture to regulate licensing, storage, testing requirements, manufacture, waste disposal, and transportation of hemp extract. Additionally, the current law gives authority to the Missouri State Highway Patrol to perform aerial surveillance of industrial hemp plants to ensure compliance with the current law. This act repeals the current law regulating industrial hemp and hemp cultivation.”
SB278 Hoskins SB 278
Authorizes an income tax deduction for business expenses related to the sale of marijuana
“This provision is identical to SB 436 (2021) and to a provision in HCS/SS/SB 807 (2022) and SS#2/SCS/SB 649 (2022), and is substantially similar to HB 1901 (2022), HB 877 (2021), HB 2667 (2022), and to a provision in HCS/HB 2704 (2022), CCS/HCS/SB 226 (2021), and HCS/SS/SB 283 (2021).”
SB347 Trent SB347
Creates provisions relating to expungement
SB443 Washington SB 443
Modifies provisions relating to medical marijuana program participants in family court matters
SB457 Schroer SB 457
Criminalizes the disclosure of medical marijuana patients’ information to unauthorized parties
SB464 Luetkemeyer SB 464
Modifies provisions relating to marijuana facility background checks
SB525 Brattin SB525
Modifies provisions relating to industrial hemp
SB546 Bean SB 546
Repeals provisions relating to hemp extract for the treatment of intractable epilepsy
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