MEDICAL MARIJUANA TRANSFER; DEF; MODIFY     H.B. 5871 (S-4) & 5965 (S-2):

                                                                                         SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                         REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

House Bill 5871 (Substitute S-4 as reported)

House Bill 5965 (Substitute S-2 as reported)

Sponsor:  Representative Roger Hauck

House Committee:  Regulatory Reform

Senate Committee:  Regulatory Reform

CONTENT

House Bill 5871 (S-4) would amend the Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act to do the following.

-- Allow an applicant for licensure under the Act who had a spouse to submit an attestation specifying that the applicant's spouse did not control, direct, or make decisions concerning the marijuana facility and that the applicant's spouse did not have a conflict of interest as prescribed by the bill.

-- Specify that if the applicant had a spouse and did not submit an attestation, the spouse would be considered an applicant for eligibility and criminal background check purposes.

-- Prohibit the Cannabis Regulatory Authority from conducting a criminal background check on a spouse or requiring a spouse to apply for a license if the spouse submitted the attestation.

-- Specify that a grower license would authorize the cultivation, drying, trimming, or curing and packaging of marihuana for sale.

-- Specify that a processor license would authorize, in addition to activities currently allowed, the purchase or transfer of marihuana from a provisioning center, or another processor and the sale or transfer to a grower, as well as the extraction or resin or creation of a marihuana-infused product for sale.

-- Specify that a provisioning center license would authorize, in addition to those activities currently allowed, the purchase or transfer of marihuana from another provisioning center and the sale or transfer to a grower, processor, or other provisioning center.

-- Require transfers of marihuana from a provisioning center to a separate marihuana facility to be by means of a secure transporter and specify that transfers from a provisioning center to a facility that occupied the same location would not require a secure transporter under certain conditions.

House Bill 5965 (S-2) would amend the Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act to modify various definitions.

House Bill 5871 (S-4) is tie-barred to House Bill 5965, and each bill would take effect 90 days after its enactment.

MCL 333.27502 et al. (H.B. 5871)                      Legislative Analyst:  Eleni Lionas

MCL 333.27102 (H.B. 5965)

FISCAL IMPACT

The bills would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  10-17-22                                     Fiscal Analyst:  Jonah Houtz

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.