Medical marijuana.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2003
Committee Review
Sep 2003
Senate Passage
Sep 2003
Assembly Passage
Sep 2003
Signed into Law
Oct 2003
Introduced Feb 20, 2003
Signed Oct 12, 2003
Floor votes · Assembly Sep 9, 2003
How they voted
20–8
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 29
Sep 9, 2003
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican8
87% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
14
Committee
15
Amendments
1
Oct 12, 2003
Signed into law
Approved by Governor.
upper
Sep 11, 2003
Introduced
In Senate. Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2530.) To enrollment.
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Sep 9, 2003
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (20-8-1)
assembly
Sep 3, 2003
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 8.)
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Aug 20, 2003
Upper · Passed
Placed on Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.
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Aug 18, 2003
Committee
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to committee.
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Jul 10, 2003
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
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Jul 2, 2003
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health.
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Jun 24, 2003
Upper · Passed
Hearing postponed by committee.
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Jun 12, 2003
Upper · Passed
To Standing Committee on Public Safety and Standing Committee on Health.
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May 23, 2003
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 5. Page 1020.)
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May 6, 2003
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 820.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
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Apr 24, 2003
Committee
Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety.
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Apr 22, 2003
Committee
Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules.
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Apr 22, 2003
Upper · Passed
Hearing postponed by committee.
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Apr 10, 2003
Upper · Passed
Set for hearing April 29 in Standing Committee on Judiciary pending receipt.
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Apr 10, 2003
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 8. Noes 3. Page 545.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary.
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Mar 6, 2003
Upper · Passed
To H. & H.S. and Standing Committee on Judiciary.
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Feb 20, 2003
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. To print.
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