State Bills

North Carolina Bill Would Legalize Medical Marijuana Despite Federal Prohibition

The legislation would legalize medical marijuana for patients with qualifying medical conditions as determined by their physicians and establish a Medical Cannabis Production Commission to set up the regulatory structure for a state medical cannabis program, including the cultivation and sale of medicinal cannabis.

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Wyoming Senate Passes Bill to Take Another Step Toward Treating Gold and Silver as Money

The law would amend the Wyoming Legal Tender Act to require the state treasurer to establish a system to provide for the payment of mineral tax payments with specie or specie legal tender “subject to authentication procedures … that are consistent with precious metals industry standards.”

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West Virginia House Passes Bill to Prohibit Using Credit Card Information to Track Firearms Purchases Without a Warrant

The legislation would prohibit any West Virginia governmental entity from accessing or obtaining a record of a transaction involving a credit card that is retrieved, characterized, generated, labeled, sorted, or grouped based on the assignment of a firearms code without a warrant or a subpoena in most situations.

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Nebraska Committee Holds Hearing on Bill to Ban State Enforcement of Most Federal Gun Control

The proposed law would also bar any Nebraska government entity from utilizing assets, state funds, or funds allocated by the state to engage in any activity that aids a federal agency, federal agent, or corporation providing services to the federal government in the enforcement of the same.

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Georgia Bill Would Ban Enforcement of Federal Gun Control; Past, Present and Future

The legislation would ban any person, including any public officer or employee of the state and its political subdivisions, from enforcing any past, present, or future federal “acts, laws, executive orders, administrative orders, rules, regulations, statutes or ordinances” that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms.

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Missouri Bill Would Ban Reverse Keyword and Reverse Location Tracking

Limiting information collected by state and local law enforcement agencies limits the amount of information that can flow into federal databases through fusion centers and the ISE.

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Virginia House Committee Passes Bill to Eliminate State Conformity with IRS Section 280E for Marijuana Businesses

The proposed law would deconform the state tax code from federal law as it applies to deductions for marijuana businesses.

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Arizona House Committee Passes Bill to Expand Ban on State Enforcement of Federal Gun Control

an Arizona House committee passed a bill to expand a current law banning state and local enforcement of federal gun control to specifically include certain federal taxes on firearms.

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Missouri Senate Committee Passes Bill That Would Take Steps Toward Treating Gold and Silver as Money

a Missouri Senate committee passed a bill that would take important steps toward treating gold and silver as money instead of commodities and would set the stage for the people to undermine the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money.

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