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Current Law
Vermont Eases Marijuana Growing Regulations for Small Farmers
Bill Link: S188
Effective Date: 5/31/2022
Overview: Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill into law that will help farmers and small producers operate in the state’s marijuana market despite ongoing federal cannabis prohibition.
The new law modifies state regulations to make it easier for small farmers to access the state’s legal marijuana market. Under the law, the state will regulate the activities of a licensed small cannabis cultivator as “farming,” amend the criteria regarding the area for cultivating cannabis commercially and for personal cultivation, and allow licensed cultivators to purchase and sell seeds and immature plants to one another and for licensed wholesalers to sell such products to licensed cultivators.
Vermont Bill to Allow People to Expunge Some Marijuana Charges
Bill Link: H460
Effective Date: 10/1/2019
Overview: Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill into law that will allow people with certain marijuana charges on their records to have them expunged. This law takes another small step toward nullifying federal cannabis prohibition in effect.
The new law broadly reforms the state’s criminal records expungement process for various crimes. It includes a provision that will allow individuals convicted of marijuana crimes before cannabis was legalized to apply for expungement. Under the law, an individual will be able to apply for expungement if “the person was convicted of an offense for which the underlying conduct is no longer prohibited by law or designated as a criminal offense.”
Vermont Law Increases Access to Medical Marijuana
Bill Link: H511
Effective Date: 7/1/2018
Overview: A new law allowing the recreational use of marijuana went into effect in Vermont on July 1, 2018.
House Bill 511 (H.511) allows adults 21 or older to possess up to an ounce of marijuana (currently a civil offense punishable by a maximum fine of $500) and grow up to six plants, two of them mature, per household. Growers also may keep at home whatever quantity of marijuana those plants produce. Growing one or two plants is currently a misdemeanor, while growing more than that is a felony.
H.511 does not allow commercial production and distribution for the recreational market.
Vermont Law Increases Access to Medical Marijuana
Bill Link: S16
Effective Date: 7/1/2017
Overview: A Vermont bill to fully legalize medical marijuana for qualifying patients was signed into law by Gov. Phil Scott.
Patients would be able to qualify for medical marijuana if they suffered from one or more of the following ailments listed in S.16:
(A) cancer, multiple sclerosis, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, glaucoma, post-traumatic stress disorder, Crohn’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, or the treatment of these conditions, if the disease or the treatment results in severe, persistent, and intractable symptoms;
(B) a disease, medical condition, or its treatment that is chronic, debilitating, and produces one or more of the following intractable symptoms: cachexia or wasting syndrome; chronic pain; severe nausea; or seizures; or
(C) other disease, condition, or treatment as determined in writing by a qualifying patient’s health care professional.
The new law will allow medical marijuana to be advertised as long as it is “not… located within 1,000 feet of a preexisting public or private school or licensed or regulated child care facility” and the advertisement makes it clear that the products are strictly for individuals aged 21-or-older. Qualifying patients will be allowed to possess up to three ounces of usable marijuana. No more than eight dispensaries will be allowed to operate at one time throughout the state of Vermont.
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