Substitute for Raised H.B. No. 7258
Session Year 2025
 

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY CONCERNING DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANNABIS OR PSILOCYBIN.

To develop recommendations for implementation of a per se blood level of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) for when a person is driving under the influence of cannabis, permit a stop of a motor vehicle if an officer observes cannabis consumption and detects the odor of burnt cannabis and provide that the observation by a law enforcement official of the odor of cannabis or burnt cannabis and active cannabis consumption may serve to constitute in part or in whole probable cause or reasonable suspicion in support of a stop or search of a person or motor vehicle.

Introduced by:
Judiciary Committee
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   Text of Bill
 File No. 756 [doc]
 JUD Joint Favorable Substitute  [doc]
 Raised Bill  [doc]
   Committee Actions
 JUD Joint Fav. Rpt
 JUD Vote Tally Sheet-A (Joint Favorable Substitute)
 JUD Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
   Fiscal Notes
 Fiscal Note For File Copy 756
   Bill Analyses
 Bill Analysis For File Copy 756
Public Hearing Testimony  

Co-sponsors for Amendment LCO:

Bill History

 Date Action Taken
 4/23/2025(LCO)File Number 756
 4/23/2025House Calendar Number 475
 4/23/2025Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
 4/23/2025(LCO)Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
 4/16/2025(LCO)Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/22/25 5:00 PM
 4/8/2025(LCO)Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
 4/7/2025(JUD)Joint Favorable Substitute
 3/27/2025Public Hearing 03/31
 3/26/2025Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

Co-sponsors of HB-7258

Rep. Mitch Bolinsky, 106th Dist.
Rep. Jill Barry, 31st Dist.
Rep. Kerry S. Wood, 29th Dist.
Rep. Savet Constantine, 42nd Dist.
Rep. Michael D. Quinn, 82nd Dist.
Rep. William Heffernan, 115th Dist.

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