Legislature(2015 - 2016)SENATE FINANCE 532
02/24/2015 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE
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| Start | |
| SB30 | |
| SB46 | |
| SB6 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| + | SB 6 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | SB 46 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 30 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED |
SENATE BILL NO. 30
"An Act relating to controlled substances; relating to
marijuana; relating to driving motor vehicles when
there is an open marijuana container; and providing
for an effective date."
9:05:37 AM
AMY SALTZMAN, STAFF, SENATOR LESIL MCGUIRE, explained SB
30. She shared that the bill revised Alaska's criminal
statutes to ensure the public safety of the community while
following the passage of Ballot Measure 2 to legalize and
regulate marijuana. The legislation provided clear rules
for the public and for peace officers. She stated that
version N of the legislation was structured to provide
citizens with a defense to legal sanctions stemming from
the use, cultivation, and sale of marijuana. The initiative
sponsors and others expressed concern over that approach,
because it was at odds with the ballot initiative. Those
opponents asserted that the onus and expense of avoiding
punishment would fall to the person participating in a
lawful marijuana related activity by only creating a
defense to legal sanction. The Senate Judiciary Committee
found those concerns persuasive, so the bill was redrafted.
She stated that the current version of the bill removed
"marijuana" from the controlled substances schedules. The
bill set clear boundaries within Alaska statute in a
similar approach to alcohol statutes. She shared that the
majority of the current version of the bill was a list of
conforming statutes. She explained that the current version
of the bill included the language in the ballot initiative
that referred to recreational use, and specified the
parameters of that type of marijuana. She stated that the
current version had a number of changes addressing
misconduct involving marijuana.
9:08:03 AM
Co-Chair MacKinnon announced the current version of the
legislation. She announced that marijuana for personal use
was legal as of the current day.
SB 30 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.