86E6030C0C7AB89F87258267000A2990 Hearing Summary

The committee recessed.

The committee came back to order.

Representative Roberts, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 18-1286.  Under current law, a primary caregiver may possess and administer medical marijuana to a student at school.  The student must have a valid recommendation for medical marijuana and the marijuana must be in nonsmokeable form.  The primary caregiver must remove any remaining medical marijuana from the school grounds after administering it.  The bill allows a school nurse or nurse's designee to also administer the medical marijuana to a student and provides an exception from criminal laws related to marijuana for this purpose.  Representative Roberts distributed and explained amendment L.002 [Attachment N].

Representative Roberts responded to committee questions.

Quintin Lovato, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.

Hannah Lovato, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.

Kelly Grennam, representing the Colorado Association of School Nurses, testified in opposition to the bill.

Nancy Webber, representing the Poudre School District, testified in opposition to the bill.

Ms. Webber, Ms. Kipp, and Ms. Grennam responded to committee questions.

Patti Rojec, representing the Colorado Association of School Nurses, came to the table to respond to committee questions.

Ms. Zerglnick responded to committee questions.

Julie Richardson, representing Veedvorks, testified in support of the bill.

Katherine Golden, representing Holos Health, testified in support of the bill.

Michelle Walker, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.

Stacey Linn, representing the Cannability Foundation, testified in support of the bill.

Ms. Golden and Ms. Linn responded to committee questions.

Amber Wann, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.

Jason Cranford, representing Flowering Hope, testified in support of the bill.

Amy Bourlon-Hilterbran, representing American Medical Refugees, testified in support of the bill.

Ms. Bourlon-Hilterbran and Mr. Cranford responded to committee questions.

Jason Warf, representing the Southern Colorado Cannabis Council, testified in support of the bill.

Representative Ginal concluded witness testimony.

Representative Roberts explained L.002 to the committee [Attachment N].

Representative Roberts made final remarks.

Committee members commented on the bill.