Pennsylvania House Bill 2500

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-1)
Status: Introduced on September 19 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-09-19 - Referred to HEALTH
Pending: House Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for adult use of cannabis; regulating the personal use and possession of cannabis; providing for powers and duties of the Department of Agriculture; establishing the Cannabis Business Development Fund; providing for social and economic equity, for regulation of cannabis business establishments, for enforcement and immunities, for laboratory testing, for advertising, marketing, packaging and labeling and for preparation, destruction and regulation of cannabis and cannabis-infused edible and nonedible products; imposing a sales tax and excise tax on cannabis and cannabis-infused edible and nonedible products; establishing the Cannabis Regulation Fund; providing for cannabis clean slate and for miscellaneous provisions; imposing penalties; consolidating provisions relating to medical cannabis; transferring certain powers and duties of the Department of Health to the Department of Agriculture; and making repeals.

Providing for adult use of cannabis; regulating the personal use and possession of cannabis; providing for powers and duties of the Department of Agriculture; establishing the Cannabis Business Development Fund; providing for social and economic equity, for regulation of cannabis business establishments, for enforcement and immunities, for laboratory testing, for advertising, marketing, packaging and labeling and for preparation, destruction and regulation of cannabis and cannabis-infused edible and nonedible products; imposing a sales tax and excise tax on cannabis and cannabis-infused edible and nonedible products; establishing the Cannabis Regulation Fund; providing for cannabis clean slate and for miscellaneous provisions; imposing penalties; consolidating provisions relating to medical cannabis; transferring certain powers and duties of the Department of Health to the Department of Agriculture; and making repeals.

Rep. Aaron Kaufer [R]	Rep. Emily Kinkead [D]	Rep. Kyle Donahue [D]	Rep. Carol Hill-Evans [D]
Rep. Ben Sanchez [D]	Rep. Danilo Burgos [D]	Rep. Tarik Khan [D]	Rep. Joseph Webster [D]
Rep. Michael Sturla [D]	Rep. Mark Rozzi [D]	Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta [D]	Rep. Jose Giral [D]
Rep. Melissa Shusterman [D]	Rep. Joseph Hohenstein [D]	Rep. Benjamin Waxman [D]	Rep. Amen Brown [D]
Rep. Jeanne McNeill [D]	Rep. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-09-19	House	Referred to HEALTH

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2023&sind=0&body=H&type=B&bn=2500
Text	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2500&pn=3636