Cannabis seeds in Utah

In March 2014, Governor Gary Herbert  signed House Bill 105 legalizing possession and the use of low-THC CBD oil for registered patients with a physician’s recommendation and intractable epilepsy.

After 3 failed attempts trying to bring medical marijuana to the state of Utah, Senator Brian Shiozawa (Republican – Salt Lake City) would successfully pass Senate Concurrent Resolution 11. This nonbinding resolution unanimously passed the Senate and House and urges Congress to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule II drug, thereby allowing study of the drug for medicinal purposes.

Then in February 2018, the Utah House of Representatives passed HB 195, a bill to legalize the “right to try” and grow medical marijuana plants for terminally ill patients. On March 7, the bill was passed “easily” by the state senate and on March 21, the governor signed it into law.

On November 6, 2018, The Utah Medical Cannabis Act was passed as ballot Proposition 2. Provisions must be set by the state for dispensaries to open by January 2021. On December 3, 2018, the Utah Legislature passed HB3001, amending the Utah Medical Cannabis Act as passed through Proposition 2. The Governor signed HB3001 into law later the same day, causing it to go into immediate effect.