Kentucky House Bill 265 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-07 - to Judiciary (H)
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make the penalty for possession of a personal use quantity of marijuana a prepayable non-criminal fine; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "personal use quantity of marijuana" and "marijuana accessory"; amend KRS 218A.1422 regarding marijuana possession to conform; amend KRS 218A.500 regarding drug paraphernalia to exempt personal use marijuana accessories; amend KRS 218A.1421 on marijuana trafficking to exempt personal use quantities; amend KRS 431.450 to include violations for possession of personal use quantities of marijuana in the uniform citation form; amend KRS 500.080 to exclude the offense of possession of a personal use quantity of marijuana from the definition of "violation"; and amend KRS 138.872 to exclude personal use quantities from marijuana stamp tax.

AN ACT relating to marijuana possession.

Rep. Charles Booker [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-07	House	to Judiciary (H)
2019-02-06	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb265.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb265/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/19RS/hb265/LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/19RS/hb265/CI.pdf