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SB 650 · 2026 · Senate · Judiciary Committee

Therapeutic cannabis at treatment centers

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relative to use of cannabis products for therapeutic purposes by alternative treatment centers.

Permits alternative treatment centers to use certain cannabis products for therapeutic purposes.AI-generated

Status

Referred to interim study (Senate) · March 26, 2026
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕Senate
  3. House
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill permits alternative treatment centers to use certain cannabis products for therapeutic purposes.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

Quoted verbatim from the bill as introduced. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site

“"Cannabis" means all parts of any plant of the Cannabis genus of plants, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of such plant; and every compound, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant, its seeds, or resin.”
Section 1
“An alternative treatment center may acquire and may use in the manufacture of cannabis concentrate and cannabis-infused products, CBD, and other hemp-derived nonintoxicating cannabinoids not produced by an alternative treatment center in New Hampshire.”
Section 2
“Such term shall not include the mature stalks of such plants, fiber produced from such stalks, oil, or cake made from the seeds of such plants, any other compound, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil or cake, or the sterilized seeds of such plants which are incapable of germination.”
Section 1
“In this chapter, cannabis shall not include hemp grown, processed, marketed, or sold under RSA 439-A, except as provided in RSA 126-X:8, XIX.”
Section 1

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Sen. David RochefortRPrimeChair· Health and Human Services
  • Sen. Daniel InnisRChair, Majority Policy Conference
  • Sen. Victoria SullivanRVice Chair· Education
  • Sen. Keith MurphyRDeputy President Pro Tempore
  • Rep. Lucy WeberDDemocratic Floor Leader
  • Rep. Karen EbelDDemocratic Leader Pro Tempore

Also: Sen. Tim McGoughR, Rep. Yury PolozovR, Rep. Carol McGuireR

Public testimony

No one submitted online testimony on this bill. See the record

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced
  • Mar 26, 2026SenateCommittee report: Referred to Interim Study3–1
    Overall
    75% yea
  • Mar 26, 2026SenateVoice voteSen. Gannon Moved Laid on Tableadopted

Hearings and debates

  • Feb 10, 2026Public hearingSenate Judiciary1:28:48–1:38:4910m 1slocated in the stream transcriptHearing
  • Mar 26, 2026Floor debateSenate floor2:42:24–2:43:311m 7slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Referred to Interim Study; Pending Motion Interim Study; Sen. Gannon Moved Laid on Table — adopted, voice vote

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

  1. Jan 7, 2026SenIntroduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 2
  2. Feb 10, 2026SenHearing: 02/10/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:50 pm; SC 5A
  3. Mar 26, 2026Sen: Referred to Interim Study, 03/26/2026, Vote 3-1; SC 11
  4. Mar 26, 2026SenSen. Gannon Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
  5. Mar 26, 2026SenPending Motion Interim Study; 03/26/2026; SJ 7

Coverage

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Background reading

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Documents (PDF)

  • Introducedversion

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.