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H 5359 - Medical Marijuana - Key Vote

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Samuel Azzinaro voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.

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Legislation - Veto Override Passed (House) (67-0) -
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NOTE: A THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY OF MEMBERS PRESENT AND VOTING IS REQUIRED TO OVERRIDE A GOVERNOR'S VETO.

Legislation - Veto Override Passed (Senate) (35-3) - (Key vote)

Title: Medical Marijuana

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override a veto of a bill that creates dispensaries called compassion centers to legally sell medical marijuana in the state.

Highlights:
-Defines a compassion center as a not-for-profit entity that acquires, possesses, cultivates, manufactures, delivers, transfers, transports, supplies, or dispenses marijuana (Sec. 1). -Enables one registered qualifying patient to give marijuana to another registered qualifying patient (Sec. 1). -Allows compassion centers to acquire, possess, and cultivate medical marijuana to sell to registered qualifying patients and their registered primary caregivers (Sec. 2). -Allows applications to be submitted for the formation and operation of a compassion center, reviewed by the state Department of Health within 90 days of the effective date of the act (Sec. 2). -Establishes up to three compassion centers within two years of the effective date of the act (Sec. 2). -Sets a limit on the amount of marijuana that can be dispensed; a compassion center may not dispense more than 2.5 oz. of usable marijuana to a qualifying patient or a caregiver in a fifteen day period (Sec. 2).
Note:

NOTE: A THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY OF MEMBERS PRESENT AND VOTING IS REQUIRED TO OVERRIDE A GOVERNOR'S VETO.

NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.

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Legislation - Vetoed (Executive) -

Title: Medical Marijuana

Vetoed by Governor Don Carcieri

Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (31-2) -
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (63-5) - (Key vote)

Title: Medical Marijuana

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that creates dispensaries called compassion centers to legally sell medical marijuana in the state.

Highlights:
-Defines a compassion center as a not-for-profit entity that acquires, possesses, cultivates, manufactures, delivers, transfers, transports, supplies, or dispenses marijuana (Sec. 1). -Enables one registered qualifying patient to give marijuana to another registered qualifying patient (Sec. 1). -Allows compassion centers to acquire, possess, and cultivate medical marijuana to sell to registered qualifying patients and their registered primary caregivers (Sec. 2). -Allows applications to be submitted for the formation and operation of a compassion center, reviewed by the state Department of Health within 90 days of the effective date of the act (Sec. 2). -Establishes up to three compassion centers within two years of the effective date of the act (Sec. 2). -Sets a limit on the amount of marijuana that can be dispensed; a compassion center may not dispense more than 2.5 oz. of usable marijuana to a qualifying patient or a caregiver in a fifteen day period (Sec. 2).
Note:

NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.

See The Voting Record

Legislation - Introduced (House) -

Title: Medical Marijuana

Note:

NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.

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