Indiana 2021 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

HB 1154 — Cannabis legalization.

Last action — First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Legalizes cannabis and establishes the cannabis regulatory agency (CRA) to regulate cannabis, including the permitting of growers, processors, dispensaries, and cannabis researchers. Requires the CRA to adopt rules limiting the number of dispensaries that may be established in a city, town, or county, and to ensure that a sufficient number of dispensary permits are awarded to minority business enterprises and women's business enterprises. Establishes permit fees. Creates the CRA advisory committee to advise the CRA. Changes references to "marijuana" in the Indiana Code to "cannabis". Legalizes possession of cannabis and possession of paraphernalia used in connection with cannabis. Legalizes the manufacture and delivery of cannabis and paraphernalia if done in substantial compliance with cannabis legalization provisions. Makes: (1) possession of cannabis by a person less than 21 years of age; (2) delivery of cannabis to a person less than 21 years of age; and (3) consumption of cannabis in a public place; a Class B misdemeanor. Allows a person sentenced for a cannabis offense committed before July 1, 2021, to petition for sentence modification even if the person would otherwise be barred from seeking sentence modification. Makes conforming amendments.

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Action History

  1. First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code

  2. Authored by Representative Summers

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on

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Not signed on (149)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1154 do?
Legalizes cannabis and establishes the cannabis regulatory agency (CRA) to regulate cannabis, including the permitting of growers, processors, dispensaries, and cannabis researchers. Requires the CRA to adopt rules limiting the number of dispensaries that may be established in a city, town, or county, and to ensure that a sufficient number of dispensary permits are awarded to minority business enterprises and women's business enterprises. Establishes permit fees. Creates the CRA advisory committee to advise the CRA. Changes references to "marijuana" in the Indiana Code to "cannabis". Legalizes possession of cannabis and possession of paraphernalia used in connection with cannabis. Legalizes the manufacture and delivery of cannabis and paraphernalia if done in substantial compliance with cannabis legalization provisions. Makes: (1) possession of cannabis by a person less than 21 years of age; (2) delivery of cannabis to a person less than 21 years of age; and (3) consumption of cannabis in a public place; a Class B misdemeanor. Allows a person sentenced for a cannabis offense committed before July 1, 2021, to petition for sentence modification even if the person would otherwise be barred from seeking sentence modification. Makes conforming amendments.
Who sponsors HB 1154?
HB 1154 is sponsored by Vanessa Summers (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 1154?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 1154?
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