HB 1016, sponsored by Delegate Dwyer, is modeled on the Tenth Amendment Center Cannabis Freedom Act, and says, in part:

(A) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS THAT:
(1) AS UNDERSTOOD AT THE TIME OF THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES, THE REGULATION OF COMMERCE WAS MEANT TO EMPOWER THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO REGULATE:

(I) THE BUYING AND SELLING OF PRODUCTS MADE BY OTHERS AND SOMETIMES THE BUYING AND SELLING OF LAND;
(II) ASSOCIATED FINANCE AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS; AND
(III) NAVIGATION AND OTHER CARRIAGE ACROSS STATE JURISDICTIONAL LINES;

(2) THIS INTERSTATE REGULATION OF COMMERCE DID NOT INCLUDE AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURING, MINING, MALUM IN SE CRIME, LAND USE, OR ACTIVITIES THAT MERELY AFFECTED COMMERCE; AND
(3) ALL FEDERAL ACTS, LAWS, ORDERS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS RESULTING IN A PROHIBITION OF CANNABIS ARE A VIOLATION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
(B) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT ALL FEDERAL ACTS, LAWS, ORDERS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS THAT RESULT IN A PROHIBITION OF CANNABIS FARMING, PRODUCTION, POSSESSION, AND SALE:
(1) ARE NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES;
(2) VIOLATE THE TRUE MEANING AND INTENT OF THE CONSTITUTION AS GIVEN BY THE FOUNDERS AND RATIFIERS;
(3) ARE HEREBY DECLARED TO BE INVALID IN THIS STATE;
(4) SHALL NOT BE RECOGNIZED BY THIS STATE;
(5) ARE SPECIFICALLY REJECTED BY THIS STATE; AND
(6) SHALL BE CONSIDERED NULL AND VOID AND OF NO EFFECT IN THIS STATE.

In the House - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.

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