VETERINARIAN; CONSULT ON MARIHUANA                                            H.B. 5085 (H-1):

                                                                                 SUMMARY OF DISCHARGED BILL

House Bill 5085 (Substitute H-1 as discharged)

Sponsor:  Representative Gregory Markkanen

House Committee:  Agriculture

                             Ways and Means

Senate Committee:  Agriculture (discharged)

CONTENT

The bill would amend Part 188 (Veterinary Medicine) of the Public Health Code to allow a veterinarian to consult with an owner on the use of marihuana or industrial hemp on an animal of the owner.

"Marihuana" would mean that term as defined in Section 7106 of the Code: all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., growing or not; the seeds of that plant; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant or its seeds or resin. The term does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks, except the resin extracted from those stalks, fiber, oil, or cake, or any sterilized seed of the plant that is incapable of germination. Marihuana does not include industrial hemp.

"Industrial hemp" would mean that term as defined in Section 7106: the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the viable seeds of that plant and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of not more than 0.3% on a dry weight basis. The term includes industrial hemp commodities and products and topical or ingestible animal and consumer products derived from the plant Cannabis sativa L. with a delta-9 THC concentration of not more than 0.3% on a dry weight basis.

Proposed MCL 333.18817                                                  Legislative Analyst:  Jeff Mann

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  12-10-20                                      Fiscal Analyst:  Elizabeth Raczkowski

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.