Kentucky House Bill 72

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-02 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make possession of a personal use quantity of cannabis exempt from civil or criminal penalty; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "cannabis," "personal use quantity of cannabis," and "cannabis accessory"; amend KRS 218A.1422 regarding cannabis possession to conform; amend KRS 218A.1423 regarding cannabis cultivation to conform; amend KRS 218A.500 regarding drug paraphernalia to exempt personal use cannabis accessories; amend KRS 218A.1421 regarding cannabis trafficking to exempt personal use quantities; amend KRS 138.872 to exclude personal use quantities from the cannabis stamp tax; amend KRS 218A.410 and 533.030 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions relating to cannabis and to apply expungement retroactively; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.

AN ACT relating to cannabis.

Rep. Nima Kulkarni [D]	Rep. George Brown [D]	Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton [D]	Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]
Rep. Rachel Roberts [D]	Rep. Lisa Willner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-02	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-01-02	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb72.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb72/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb72/LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb72/CI.pdf