HB488 Alabama 2014 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Patricia Todd
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2014
Title: Marijuana, medical use of allowed, possession of one ounce or less a civil offense, Secs.13A-12-213, 13A-12-214 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the possession and use of marijuana is a criminal act.
This bill would establish a medical exemption for the possession and personal use of marijuana only for certain qualifying patients who have been diagnosed by a physician as having a serious medical condition and been issued a valid medical marijuana identification card.
This bill would also provide that the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana is a civil penalty.
Subjects: Marijuana

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary