Relating to the possession of marijuana, and providing penalties

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 25, 2021
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 25, 2021
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeMarch 3, 2021
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

Senate subcommittee

Named February 25, 2021 (as SSB 1226). On March 2, 2021 it recommended passage.

• Sen. Brad Zaun R
• Sen. Joe Bolkcom D
• Sen. Dan Dawson REmail

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

Fiscal note

Senate File 533 lowers the criminal penalty for a first offense possession of marijuana. Table 2 shows the decrease in cost for the average State cost per offense class type for one first offense possession of marijuana conviction. The cost estimate includes operating costs incurred by the Judicial Branch, the State Public Defender, and the DOC for one conviction.

• Marijuana Possession · March 12, 2021

Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note

Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.

• SF 378 Relating to the possession of marijuana, and providing penalties
  88th General Assembly · Passed Senate · same title
  Passed a chamber

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.