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Legislative items from year 2015 2015, Legislative items

   House Bill 2546 notes and information House Bill 2546 - Relating to inhalants; Defines (inhalant delivery system), Amends laws concerning sale of tobacco products to, and use of tobacco products by, minors so those laws equally apply to inhalant delivery systems.
   House Bill 2636 notes and information House Bill 2636 - Relating to medical marijuana registration, authorizing physician; Prohibits if physician has provided for 450 or more persons.
   House Bill 2668 notes and information House Bill 2668 - Relating to industrial hemp; Repeals statutes requiring industrial hemp growers and handlers to be licensed by State Department of Agriculture.
   House Bill 2754 notes and information House Bill 2754 - Relating to immunity for persons who seek medical assistance; Exempts person from arrest and prosecution for certain offenses and finding of violation of terms of release or supervision if person contacts emergency medical services or law enforcement agency to obtain necessary medical assistance for other person due to drug-related overdose.
   House Bill 2781 notes and information House Bill 2781 - Relating to prohibition against registry identification card holders at child care facilities; Prohibits Office of Child Care from certifying, registering, recording or providing state funds to child care facility when person with regular presence at facility possesses medical marijuana card.
   House Bill 2980 notes and information House Bill 2980 - Authorizes defendant to request district attorney to approve extension of marijuana possession diversion period.
   Senate Bill 320 notes and information Senate Bill 320 - Allows food establishment located within residential dwelling to produce limited amounts of certain foods for sale to public without being regulated by State Department of Agriculture.
   Senate Bill 364 notes and information Senate Bill 364 - Relating to the classification of marijuana offenses; Requires court to use current classification of marijuana offenses when determining if person is eligible for order setting aside conviction.
   Senate Bill 417 notes and information Senate Bill 417 - Relating to retail sale of products used to deliver substances into a person's respiratory system; Requires premises where person makes retail sales of tobacco products and inhalant delivery systems to be licensed by Oregon Liquor Control Commission, exempts medical and adult cannabis use.
   Senate Bill 445 notes and information Senate Bill 445 - Relating to disclosure of information to consumers of marijuana; info on harmful effects of marijuana on pregnant women and potential for marijuana to cause birth defects.
   Senate Bill 460 notes and information Senate Bill 460 - Relating to marijuana facilities and children; Directs Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules providing for relocation of registered medical marijuana facility if school is established.
   Senate Bill 464 notes and information Senate Bill 464 - Relating to extracting cannabinoids from the cannabis plant; Requires specific registration and Authority to adopt rules regulating processing of cannabinoid extracts.
   Senate Bill 479 notes and information Senate Bill 479 - Relating to the clinical research of cannabis; Creates Task Force on Clinical Research of Cannabis and directs task force to study and report on development of medical cannabis industry that provides patients with medical products that meet individual patient needs.
   Senate Bill 480 notes and information Senate Bill 480 - Relating to the clinical research of cannabis; Establishes as semi-independent state agency Clinical Research of Cannabis Board, Directs board to promote use of cannabis as treatment for medical conditions, compile information on medical use of cannabis and identify and support organizations and entities that engage in clinical research of cannabis or that administer cannabis on basis of clinical research.
   Senate Bill 663 notes and information Senate Bill 663 - Requires premises where person makes retail sales of tobacco products and inhalant delivery systems to be licensed by Oregon Liquor Control Commission.
   Senate Bill 844 notes and information Senate Bill 844 - Relating to the clinical research of cannabis; Establishes as semi-independent state agency Clinical Research of Cannabis Board, Directs board to promote use of cannabis as treatment for medical conditions, compile information on medical use of cannabis and identify and support organizations and entities that engage in clinical research of cannabis or that administer cannabis on basis of clinical research.
   Senate Bill 964 notes and information Senate Bill 964 - Makes changes to Oregon Medical Marijuana Act, including limiting amount of plants that may be grown at addresses where marijuana grow sites are located and requiring registration of marijuana processing sites. Allows cities and counties to adopt ordinances prohibiting establishment of marijuana processing sites and medical marijuana dispensaries in jurisdiction of city or county.

Legislative items from year 2014 2014, Legislative items

   Senate Bill 1531 notes and information Senate Bill 1531, Medical - Specifies that governing body of city or county may prohibit the establishment or regulate or restrict the operation of medical marijuana facilities.
   Senate Bill 1556 notes and information Senate Bill 1556, Legalization - Declares that person 21 years of age or older legally should be able to possess, transfer or produce marijuana.


Legislative items from year 2013 2013, Legislative items

   Senate Bill 82 notes and information Senate Bill 82, to Remove 6-month Drivers License suspension for Cannabis (Marijuana) possession
   Senate Bill 281 notes and information Senate Bill 281, to add PTSD to the OMMP


Legislative items from year 2012 2012, Legislative items

   Legislative Concept 1749 notes and information Legislative Concept 1749, to add PTSD to the OMMP

   Attorney General Race  notes and information Attorney General Race, the Good and the Bad

   Initiative 9 -- Oregon Cannabis Tax Act (OCTA)  notes and information Initiative 9 -- Oregon Cannabis Tax Act (OCTA)

   Initiative 24 -- Oregon Marijuana Policy Intiative (OMPI) notes and information Initiative 24 -- Oregon Marijuana Policy Intiative (OMPI)


Legislative items from year 2011 2011, Legislative items

   House Bill 3664 notes and information HB 3664, the "Sum Of All Fears" bill
   Senate Bill 5529 notes and information SB 5529, Increases OMMP Fees


Legislative items from year 2010 2010, Legislative items

   Initiative 28 notes and information I-28, the Dispensary Initiative continues


Legislative items from year 2009 2009, Legislative items

   Initiative 28 notes and information I-28, the Dispensary Initiative
   Senate Bill 388 notes and information SB 388, changes the Program for Law Enforcement; Decreases amount of marijuana that may be possessed by persons responsible for marijuana grow sites to 24 ounces, etc.
   Senate Bill 426 notes and information SB 426, Expands ability of employer to prohibit use of medical marijuana in workplace
   Senate Bill 427 notes and information SB 427, Relates to drug-free workplace policies; Requires applicant for medical marijuana registry identification card to notify employer before using marijuana, etc.
   House Bill 2313 notes and information HB 2313, a Land Use bill that could effect Dispensarys
   House Bill 2497 notes and information HB 2497, Relating to employment; Expands ability of employer to prohibit use of medical marijuana in workplace
   House Bill 2503 notes and information HB 2503, Relating to medical marijuana in the workplace; Prohibits discrimination in employment under certain circumstances, etc.


Legislative items from year 2007 2007, Legislative items

   House Bill 465 notes and information SB465, a Fire-em-All-and-let-God-sort-out bill


Legislative items from year 2005 2005, Legislative items

   House Bill 1085 notes and information SB1085, needs your attention
   Senate Bill 2693 notes and information HB2693, the "dumb bill gone bad" bill
   Senate Bill 3457 notes and information HB3457, the "Forfeiture" bill
   House Bill 717 notes and information SB717, the anti-Medical Marijuana bill
   House Bill 772 notes and information SB772, the pro-Medical Marijuana bill
   House Bill 2485 notes and information HB2485, the anti-Meth & Marijuana bill
   Senate Bill 294 notes and information SB294, the Hemp bill
   Senate Bill 397 notes and information SB397, Denies Benefits
   Senate Bill 2695 notes and information HB2695, DUI & 2nd-Hand Smoke
   House Bill 717 notes and information HB5077, the "Rob the Sick and Dying Pot-heads" bill

Legislative items from year 2003 2003, Legislative items

   House Bill 2939 notes and information HB2939, a previous bad Medical Marijuana bill

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Senate Bill 1531 | At the request of: (at the request of Association of Oregon Counties and League of Oregon Cities) Chief Sponsors: Senator Hansell , Senator Monroe , Senator Starr Regular Sponsors: Senator Baertschiger Jr , Senator Boquist , Senator Close , Senator Ferrioli , Senator Girod , Senator Johnson , Senator Knopp , Representative Esquivel , Senator Kruse , Senator Monnes Anderson , Representative Jenson , Senator Olsen , Representative Thatcher , Senator Thomsen , Representative Thompson , Senator Whitsett , Representative Whisnant , Senator Winters , Representative Witt (Presession Filed) -- Relating to marijuana facilities; declaring an emergency.

Summary: SENATE BILL 1531 - Specifies that governing body of city or county may prohibit the establishment or regulate or restrict the operation of medical marijuana facilities. - SB 1531

You can read the full proposed measure here: >> Read text


Status: In Senate Committee – Current Committee: Judiciary SB 1531 is up for its third reading and possible vote on the floor of the House today. House convenes at 10:30 and it is live streamed. This link will get you to the video stream under House Chamber. >> www.oregonlegislature.gov/citizen_engagement/Pages/Legislative-Video

Senate BILL 1531 - filed | 2014 Regular Session. Current Location: Current Location: House Desk - Third Reading Next: Date - 3/3/2014, Floor Sessions - House Chamber, Order of Business: Third Reading

See - https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2014R1/Measures/Overview/SB1531 - for schedule. - You may also get hard copies if you are in Salem by going to the bill room downstairs in the Capitol.

History:

2-3 (S) | Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

2-3 (S) | Referred to Judiciary.

2-11 (S) | Public Hearing held.

2-13 (S) | Work Session held.

2-14 (S) | Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)

2-17 (S) | Second reading.

2-18 (S) | Third reading. Carried by Hansell, Monroe. Passed. Ayes, 30.

2-19 (H) | First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

2-19 (H) | Referred to Judiciary.

2-24 (H) | Public Hearing and Work Session held.

2-26 (H) | Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed.

2-27 (H) | Second reading.

2-28 (H) | Rules suspended. Carried over to March 3, 2014 Calendar.

See - olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2014R1/Measures/Overview/SB1531 - for latest on status.  


Action! Call your Representatives and get Everybody to do so also.

Keep it simple. Just ask them to oppose this bill and give it a don't pass recommendation.

Keep it short. Your call should be under 3 minutes. Don't get bogged down in details. At this point it is a numbers game.

Keep it pleasant and remember to smile. Even though they can't see it, your smile will come through.

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Act Today! Senate Bill 1531 will mean ... lack of access for Patients who need it most.

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Here is a link to text of SB 1531:   S.B. 1531

TALKING POINTS:

Here is what I have thus far. It's currently crafted for dispensary owners to contact their reps, but could easily be edited for a much broader scope.

Senate Bill 1531 - Allows cities to outright ban medical cannabis dispensaries and requires childproof packing. This bill was amended and passed unanimously by the State Senate to replace language authorizing bans to allow cities and counties to pass "reasonable regulations" around time, place and manner.

Talking points against the dispensary ban amendment to 1531

- Patients deserve equal access to medicine.

- 1531 as passed by the State Senate unanimously allows cities to reasonably regulate time, place, and manner of dispensaries

- 3460 requires pages and pages of regulations that dispensary operators must adhere to including compliance checks, testing standards, background checks, labeling information and much more.

- These amendments might have unintended consequences, like empowering a city or county to try to ban other types of health care facilities such as clinics that offer abortion services, drug treatment centers and similar entities.

Talking points for child proof packaging

- We don't require this level of packing for any other products including alcohol, cigs, or prescription pills

- If this amendment merely required the OHA to develop packaging standards that might be okay. However, adding in sections that specify certain types of packaging that have no basis in research or fact is simply wrong.

- For example, requiring a heat sealed bag makes no sense since once opened it offers no protection against a child getting into it.

- Some patients would have trouble opening some types of packaging. It should be their choice what type of packaging they want.

- It is the parents job to be responsible and keep their medicine out of reach from their children.

- Most children are either too young to know what a package of medical cannabis looks like, or old enough to figure out how to cut through a plastic bag.


  LTL (Letters-To-yer-Legislator)  

Examples -

LTL Example #1 -

"Hi, I am _______________, a constituent in your district. I wanted to let you know that I oppose SB 1531, which would require childproof packaging, as well as allow cities and local governments to outright ban dispensaries has legs in Salem.

If passed, this bill would effectively negate HB 3460 in places where dispensaries have already had a tough time setting up shop. Dispensaries outside of Multnomah County are vulnerable to having to duke out their right to exist within their own city. Allowing local governments to circumvent the intention of HB 3460 will lead to a medical cannabis scene that looks a lot like California, where local governments and dispensary owners have been duking it out for years.

Furthermore, allowing for local governments to ban dispensaries increases the possibility that the federal government would work with those localities to raid dispensary owners that try to withstand those bans.

This is why we need all dispensary owners and stakeholders in the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program to contact their representatives in Salem, and let them know that the State of Oregon has decided that cannabis is medicine. Local governments driven by ideological viewpoints, and political agendas, shouldn't be allowed to deny patients equal access to a medicine their doctor (and the State of Oregon) says works for them.


Hello Fellow DPFOR members,

Just a quick note on possible changes to SB-1531 regarding the County and City banning bill being submitted during this short legislation session. ProCBC sat down and talked with Rob Bovett (Associations of Counties) and Scott Winkles (League of Oregon Cities) to listen and understand their intent and purpose of the legislation. Overall, it is a means to save time, cost, and litigation in the State Courts on the issue of "banning of MMFs." The meeting was productive and follow-up on additional changes to SB-1531 will be on ProCBC's list this week in Salem. We are meeting with Oregon Senators and Representatives this week in reference to possible impacts on the role out of HB-3460 / ORS 475.300 et al and the pending rules from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). If you have any specific concerns on SB-1531 or the implementation of ORS 475.300 et al, please let us know at ProCBC@live.com.

Thanks,

Paul & Emily

ProCBC

Hey all,

I know everyone is concerned as am I about SB1531 so here are some thoughts. I really don't expect Sen. Prozanski to let this bill get out of committee. However if it does get a hearing we should try to get the changes Laird suggested. We might not be successful but it could really slow the process. Remember all we have to do is hold it up long enough in the Senate that there would not be enough time to get through a floor vote and then to the House especially if we can get Barker to hold it up in House Judiciary. Then we would be golden and it will remain in committee upon adjournment.

With respect to 3460. The common perception in Salem is that no bills will be considered for 3460 until 2015 session which will give the system time to work and highlight the needed changes. This has a lot to do with the mechanics of passing a bill that requires adjustment to the rules. Secondly, time is so limited in the short session and Kitzhaber just threw a potential wrench in the works with his ultimatum about the I-5 bridge, that I don't think there is time. Of course we could gut and stuff 1531 with some changes to 3460 but it is a lot of negotiating in a very short time and we are a little behind in getting our fixes down and ready to submit as a bill and as i said above, messing with 3460 could cause the rules to need adjusting which could impact the accepting of applications and issuing of licenses.

Again this is a SHORT session and most deadlines for submitting bills have already passed or are so limited it will be tough to get anything introduced. There will be some more bills dropped but for our issue (with the exception of 3460 adjustments) I think we are okay.

At this time however, we have no one committed to being in Salem to do this work. Several of us will be talking to legislators but no one is on the ground actually "walking the halls." And, at this point, after last session, there is no interest in committing to this work without adequate compensation and a clear idea of what needs to be done other than defeat 1531. This session will move very fast and if we want to do anything proactive it will take someone in Salem working hard everyday for the next six weeks. To do what we have been discussing, someone has to drop what they are doing and get started yesterday.

Finally, I think there have been some very good thoughts about fixes for 3460 and I think this is where we need to concentrate some resources. The testing issue right now seems about to put the brakes on the whole thing and as others have pointed out there are some significant issues that need addressed.

So those are my thoughts.

Don''t forget the event Compassionate Oregon is hosting Thursday night in McMinnville. Visit CompassionateOregon.org for more information or visit our facebook page.

anthony taylor

Hello Fellow Contributors,

Just a short note on what is taking place in Salem this week. ProCBC was at the capitol today meeting with Senator Floyd Prozanski (District 4) and Representative Peter Buckley (District 5). In addition, we were able to speak briefly with the Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) and the League of Oregon Cities (LOC). These conversations centered around SB-1531 and possible related amendments to the original submission of the Senate Bill. In short, SB-1531 says, "...Specifies that governing body of city or county may regulate or restrict operation of medical marijuana facility, prohibit registration of medical marijuana facility, or regulate, restrict or prohibit storing or dispensing of marijuana by facility legally authorized to store or dispense marijuana..." After talking with our Oregon legislatures it appears as if SB-1531 in its original form is unlikely to progress and has a low probability of moving forward. The AOC and LOC have put forward additional items to! the original submission of SB-1531 which have caused angst to our industry.

One such item was adding "preschools" to the definition of schools for the 1,000 foot exclusionary rule listed under OHA rule 333-008-1040, (3)(C). Again, the probability of SB-1531 going forward is very low and appears to be on its way to a slow and dignified failure. On another note, our legislatures and AOC/Bovett and LOC/Winkles are committed to working with ProCBC members on compiling any remedies that my need to be addressed regarding the role out of HB-3460 (ORS 475.300 et al and chapter 333 Administrative Rules Division Eight pertaining to medical marijuana facilities) in the 2015 legislative session. ProCBC had a good day of walking the halls in Salem Capitol today. ProCBC appreciates the support of its members and the overall support of Oregon Cannabis Industries as we move forward.

your friends at

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Excellent work by the community's lobbyists down in Salem. This is an interesting read.

-Bradley

Oregon lawmakers want so badly to seem reasonable on pot.

You can hear it in their voices as they try to address mounting local concerns about the imminent proliferation of pot shops under the state's new laws allowing medical marijuana dispensaries. You can see it in Senate Bill 1531 , which would honor the right of cities and counties to enact "reasonable" limits on dispensaries within their borders.

That bill, now steaming toward the Senate floor with bipartisan backing, uses the word reasonable five times in one paragraph alone, as if repetition could make it so. Yet cities and counties will remain unreasonably vulnerable to the state's inattention and weak oversight, unless lawmakers go a lot further to give communities more say over the medical-themed pot shops coming to town.

This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee agreed to affirm local governments' authority to regulate (but not ban) medical marijuana dispensaries. The goal is to resolve a legal dispute between the state lawyers and advocates who believe cities and counties have no business regulating medicine, and the local officials who say, "Um, are you kidding me?"

This compromise bill, SB1531, would forbid Medford, Gresham and other communities from banning dispensaries altogether. Instead, it would clarify that local governments do have a reasonable say over the time, place and manner in which dispensaries operate.

"Something," said Sen. Jeff Kruse, R-Roseburg, "is better than nothing."

Kruse is right: The new rules would be modestly more respectful of local communities' wishes than the status quo. Yet they don't resolve the legal confusion. If this bill passes as it stands, Oregon lawmakers may still be hanging cities and counties out to dry.

For starters, it's not settled whether cities and counties could enforce temporary moratoriums on dispensaries while they figure out a prudent approach. It's not clear whether a city could enact zoning rules that are strict enough to limit marijuana dispensaries to, say, a couple within city limits rather than a dozen. The rules for the marketing of marijuana products aimed at teenagers are inadequate, and dispensaries could still set up shop near preschools.

Needless to say, local attorneys, sheriffs and council members are getting nervous. They're the ones who take the heat and clean up the mess. They're the ones who will be blamed when a half-dozen dispensaries (ones with wink-nod names that sell lollipops as "medicine") open too close to home.

I think lawmakers should tweak the bill to expressly acknowledge the right of local governments to enact temporary moratoriums and to enforce strict rules that are just shy of a ban. This might reduce the number of lawsuits over the proper definition of "reasonable." It would also more fairly reflect dispensaries' dual de facto role, under current law, as a source of alternative medicine *and* recreational pot.

"We have members who are welcoming these dispensaries with open arms, even though Oregon has created the weakest regulatory system in the nation," says Rob Bovett, legal counsel for the Association of Oregon Counties. "We have lots of cities and counties that are saying, 'Fine,' and I'm fine with that. We'll defend them. But we also have members that are saying, 'Whoa, not so fast.' "

Lawmakers have the thankless job of trying to get ahead of the next legalization initiative while finding the right policy approach toward a plant that is accepted as a medicine, semi-tolerated as a habit and outlawed as an illegal street drug. This is no easy task, and they deserve credit for taking it on.

But I fear that they are so focused on finding a conservative approach to legalizing recreational marijuana that they will get careless on medical marijuana. This isn't fair to the communities that have minimal resources for law enforcement or that have seenwidespread abuses of the medical marijuana program: Jackson County, for example, has a reported ratio of one medical marijuana card for every 28 residents .

It also isn't fair to communities trying to minimize known risks. As Beaverton city attorney Bill Kirby told lawmakers in written testimony last week, these risks include "that the facilities inherently operate in violation of current federal law, their operations involve large amounts of cash, and their principal product (medical marijuana) is identical to ordinary marijuana, making the marijuana (and the cash on premises) a target or motive for criminal activity."

Giving Oregon cities and counties the ability to adapt to this fast-changing landscape on their own terms, in a more cautious and incremental way, may not be exactly what marijuana advocates have in mind. But it would be a lot more respectful of communities' needs.

You might even call it reasonable.

SOURCE >> Oregon lawmakers want so badly to seem reasonable on pot -- by Susan Nielsen

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Information about Cannabis and Tar (Resin) Tar (Resin)

Information about Seeds for Medical Cannabis Seeds - for Medical Cannabis and related info
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