BILL · 2019–20 SESSION
HB 1131: Residential marijuana ag.
Allowing residential marijuana agriculture.
Summary
- Legalizes adult recreational home cultivation of marijuana by authorizing adults to produce and possess up to six marijuana plants at their housing unit.
- Establishes production and possession limits for marijuana products derived from the plants, and establishes a 15-plant limit per housing unit.
- Requires marking of plants and marijuana produced from the plants with the person's name, date of birth, address, planting date, and harvest date.
- Retains the right of property owners to prohibit cultivation of marijuana by a renter or lessee under a rental agreement.
- Modifies the seizure and forfeiture statute as it applies to marijuana.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 14, 2019
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Brian Blake (D-19)
- Introduced
- January 14, 2019 in the House
- Last action
- January 24, 2020
- Companion bill
- SB 5155
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to residential marijuana agriculture;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Brian Blake (D-19)
9 co-sponsors (6 Democrats, 3 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- Referred to Appropriations.
- Minority; without recommendation.
- Minority; do not pass.
- COG - Majority; do pass.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming.
- Prefiled for introduction.
HB 1131 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 1131 (2025–26) Clemency and pardons
- HB 1131 (2023–24) Solid waste management
- HB 1131 (2021–22) Private schools/waiver
- HB 1131 (2017–18) Real property damage actions
- HB 1131 (2015–16) Ivory and rhinoceros horns
- HB 1131 (2013–14) Legal process server assault
- HB 1131 (2011–12) Student achievement fund
- HB 1131 (2009–10) Economic development comm