Status of the Bills
HB 1139
Introduced and Referred to
Committees:
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Health Quality Subcommittee
·
Business & Professional Regulation
Subcommittee
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Appropriations Committee
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Health & Human Services Committee
SB 1250
Introduced and Referred to Committees:
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Committees: Health Policy (HP)
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Judiciary (JU)
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Criminal Justice (CJ)
·
Appropriations (AP)
What YOU CAN Do
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Help the bill get a fair hearing in its
committees. Call the leadership of both chambers and the committees to which
the bills are currently assigned.
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Call the chairman of the Health Policy Senate
Committee:
Senator Aaron Bean, (850) 487-5004.
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Call Representative Ken Roberson’s office,
chairman of the Health Quality House Subcommittee: (850) 717-5075
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Have the bill pushed through committee or heard
in the General Assembly
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Contact the Senate President Don Gaetz and tell
him why we need this bill: (850) 487-5001
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Contact the Speaker of the House Will Weatherford
and tell him why this bill should be heard on the floor of the house: (850)
717-5038.
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Sign on for Actoin Alerts at http://www.flcan.org.
What CAN Happen
Authorizing a qualifying patient to possess and administer
medical cannabis, and possess and use paraphernalia for a specified purpose,
etc. as of this year, if the bill passes. If the bill gets a hearing this year,
then we can expect it to go much farther next year, with an even greater chance
of passing..
Bipartisan Support
Medical cannabis has the support of all parties because
anyone has the potential to need this medicine, and nearly everyone knows
someone who could benefit or who could have benefited from this medicine.
