Committee discusses tighter limits, paperwork changes in medical marijuana edible bill

Members of the Human Services Committee reviewed amendments to a medical marijuana bill that address edible dosing and purchase limits.

Senator Hogan noted the committee previously considered a version that allowed 5 milligrams per edible and said the house proposal had raised that to 10 milligrams; committee staff and members reported the version before them kept a 5-milligram per‑dose standard and added a monthly purchase limit based on 5 milligrams per day. Members said the changes tightened earlier language and removed a provision that had allowed self‑certification without medical records.

Senator Clemens and others asked technical questions about earlier references to larger total milligram amounts; a committee member summarized the change as making the bill “a little stricter” than what the committee had sent to the House. The committee did not record a formal roll‑call vote in the transcript but several members indicated informal concurrence and noted a conference committee would be required to resolve remaining differences with the House.

Ending: Committee scheduled follow‑up work (conference committee) and planned to continue discussion in subsequent meetings.