There are Bills pending, in both the Michigan House and Senate, which relate to the medical use of marihuana, and may circumvent the Medical Marihuana Act that was approved by voters in 2008.
Here are samples of Bills that are being considered.
Senate Bill 17 would amend the Public Health Code to prohibit a person from organizing or operating a marihuana club or bar; or knowingly allowing land or a structure on land he or she owned or possessed to be used as a marihuana club or bar.
SB 259 - would ban any synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the plant, or in the resinous extractions of cannabis and synthetic substances, derivatives, and their isomers with similar chemical structure or pharmacological activity, or both.
SB 321 - will not allow a person receiving personal protection insurance coverage due to an auto accident to receive marihuana as medication.
SB 377 - will dismiss the privacy aspect of the Medical Marihuana Act, and allow the names of patients to be distributed to law enforcement agencies.
SB 418 – this bill will make it impossible to sue or create a private cause of action against the State or a political subdivision of this State.
SB 504 – this will establish a buffer whereby a person can be prosecuted if they conduct a transfer of marihuana within 1,000 feet from a clearly identified house of worship or school, other than a home school, unless the transfer occurs inside the residence of a qualifying patient who has been issued and possesses a registry identification card.
SB 505 – the 2008 law disallows a person with drug related felonies from being a caregiver, this bill would disallow persons with any type of felony from being a caregiver.
SB 506 – defines a bona fide physician/patient relationship
House Bill 4850 – makes it illegal for patients to acquire or transfer marihuana.
H B 4854 – will make it illegal for a caregiver to advertise for or to patients; or of the availability of marihuana.