Senate Bill 794 Sponsored by Sen. Prozanski -- Relating to medical marijuana.

Summary: SB 794 -- adds reciprocity and deletes requirement to designate a grower/grow site if you don't have one.

You can read the full proposed measure here: SB794

Status: In Senate Committee – Current Committee: Rules

· Senate Bill 794 is a modest bill that received a “do-pass” recommendation from Sen. Judiciary. ·

Senate Bill 794: Allows for out-of-state medical marijuana patients who are already authorized under their own state’s medical marijuana program, the same protection as an Oregon cardholder. The amount possessed or used by any out-of-state patient cannot exceed one ounce.

Four states currently allow this under their mmj laws. These states are Arizona, Maine, Michigan and Rhode Island.

Currently, Oregon allows medical marijuana cardholders from other states to actually apply for a card under Oregon’s program. This may take up to 60 days and requires approval by an Oregon licensed physician making it impractical for those just driving through or visiting for short periods of time.

· Senate Bill 794 eliminates the requirement to designate a grower for applicants who do not use a grower. Currently the application process for a medical marijuana card requires a qualifying patient applying for registration to identify a grow site and grow site address.

*NOTE: This bill as already had an amendment adopted and therefore it has to be reprinted after it gets through committee and comes out as an A-Engrossed bill. When calling you can simply refer to it as SB 794.

Was in Senate Judiciary Committee, had a Hearing. Senate Judiciary replaced the original language, adopted the dash two amendments and moved S B 794 to the floor with a "do-pass" recommendation. This was the bill that was dropped as a placeholder that originally proposed the ACMM meet five times a year. The amendments include reciprocity for less than an ounce for out-of-state patients and deletes the requirement to designate a grow site on the OMMP application. These amendments will help protect our out- of- state patients and help reduce the "profile stops" at our borders. The deletion of the grow site requirement will mean patients no longer have to indicate a grow site when they have none. This will reduce the number of grow sites overall and enable the Program to get better numbers on actual grows. Next hearing:

Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Room: HR TBA, Salem, OR

SENATE BILL 794 - filed | 2013 Regular Session. Current Location: Senate Desk - Awaiting Third Reading; Next Hearing Date: TBA

We encourage you to follow the bill here >> olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2013R1/Measures/Overview/SB794 << and look forward to seeing how this issue progresses and we hope that you stay in touch as the session continues.   See - http://www.leg.state.or.us/13reg/agenda/webagendas.htm - for schedule.   Go to - http://www.leg.state.or.us:8765/query.html?col=1meas13&qt=marijuana&charset=iso-8859-1 - to lookup and see list of Bills this session by keyword.   This link will take you to a very cool part of the website that makes it really easy to find all related info by bill, committee, report, sponsor, etc (and from the main website >> olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2013R1 << And, all bills may be viewed at the state web site here: http://www.leg.state.or.us/bills_laws/ - You may also get hard copies if you are in Salem by going to the bill room downstairs in the Capitol.

History:

2-26(S) Introduction and first reading. Referred to President’s desk.

2-28 Referred to Judiciary.

4-18(S) | Public Hearing and Work Session held. See - Details <<

4-24(S) | Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)

4-25(S) | Second reading.

4-29(S) | Taken from 04-29 Calendar and placed on 05-08 Calendar on voice vote.

5-8(S) | Taken from 05-08 Calendar and placed on 05-15 Calendar on voice vote.

5-15 (S) Taken from 05-15 Calendar and placed on 05-22 Calendar on voice vote.

5-22 (S) Motion to refer to Rules carried on voice vote.

7-8(S) | In committee upon adjournment.

See - http://apps.leg.state.or.us/MeasureInfo/Measure - for latest on status.  

Then, Call your Representative and get them to sign on as co-sponsors to the bill, currently referred to as - SB794. It does not matter if they are D's or R's, We need all the votes and co-sponsors we can get. Then get back to us with names so we can get the bill to them for them to sign on as co-sponsors. Don't confuse them with anything else, Concentrate on getting them to sign on to Reciprocity, for now. However, by Taking good notes and establishing lines of communication at this time, We can line them up for things like Sunsetting the Fee Hike.

Act Today! Senate Bill 794 will mean Reciprocity - recognizing other states 'cards' - and deletion of the Requirement to designate a Grower/Grow Site when the Patient doesn't have one.

What To Do? Taking Action

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It is time to put the “We” back in “We the People”, by contacting your legislators and letting them know that we want this medical treatment made available to our deserving veterans.

- Get your testimony / talking-points ready for the Hearing and beyond. You can practice them on your Legislators! Also, in Letters-to-the-Editor (LTEs), Visit the web page below for more Contact info, sample letters, plus.

- Tell everybody you know. Make copies of this document and pass around all over the place.

- If you're not able to contact your Reps yourself, PLEASE feel free to contact us and we'll help get your testimony or talking points down and to them. Call 503.363-4588 (in the Salem area)