New medical cannabis bills proposed for 2021

• Senate Bill 629, which would allow primary caregivers and qualifying out-of-state patients to enter restricted areas within a medical cannabis retail dispensary, was passed with amendments. The measure would also fund three full-time positions via the medical cannabis registry and regulation special fund. • Senate Bill 64 would prohibits some employers from discriminating against a person in hiring, termination, or term or condition of employment based on the person’s status as a medical cannabis cardholder. • Senate Bill 1372 would create a cultivation facility license to allow cultivators to grow cannabis for sale to licensed dispensaries. • House Bill 667 would authorize the Department of Health to issue medical cannabis delivery permits and medical cannabis transporter licenses for the delivery of medical cannabis, increase the allowable number of retail dispensing locations and cannabis plants per dispensary license, and permit a licensed dispensary to purchase medical cannabis or manufactured cannabis products from another licensed dispensary.