HB496

Summary

A Georgia bill that would place limitations on law enforcement stops, searches, seizures, or arrests based solely on the scent of marijuana, cannabis, or hemp is at the House Second Readers stage. Hemp cultivators and transporters operating legally could face fewer instances of being stopped or searched based on the odor of hemp alone.

More Georgia Cannabis Bills

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• HB382Controlled substances; Schedule I; psilocybin; revise a provisionPassed
• SB33"Georgia Hemp Farming Act"; total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; provide limitsPassed
• HR1524General Assembly; reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I substance to a Schedule III substance in accordance with presidential Executive Order 14370; urgeIntroduced
• SB558Controlled Substances; possession of certain quantities of marijuana constitute a misdemeanor; provideIntroduced
• HB1248Georgia Cannabis Freedom and Integrity Act; enactIntroduced
• SR427Senate Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products; createPassed
• HB804Crimes and offenses; codify proclamation that would grant a pardon regarding offense of simple possession of marijuanaIntroduced
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• SB294Distilled Spirits; sale of consumable hemp products by retail dealers in distilled spirits; authorizeIntroduced
• HR368Joint Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products; createIntroduced