Committee adopts amendment to require licensed transporters for large medical-marijuana loads

The Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development Committee approved an amendment to House Bill 1525 that makes it unlawful for a person to knowingly transport medical marijuana in an amount greater than five ounces unless the person is a licensed transporter. Senator Bledsoe introduced the amendment and described the new language as a licensing requirement for larger loads. "This is the amendment," Bledsoe said, explaining the added sentence on page two, line four.

No members of the public signed up to speak for or against the amendment. The committee moved to pass the bill as amended and voted in favor. The chair announced the motion carried.

The committee did not record additional details about licensing standards, enforcement mechanisms or which licensing body would issue the transporter credential in the transcript. Those implementation details were not specified during the meeting.