LEGISLATIVE TALLIES FOR STATE STATUTES RECOGNIZING
MARIJUANA'S MEDICAL VALUE
STATE Bill Number House Vote Senate Vote Signed
Alabama S.B. 559 58-3 22-5 July 1979
Arizona H.B. 2020 54-7 24-6 April 1980
Arkansas Act 8 86-2 28-0 April 1981
California S.B. 184 61-13 30-5 July 1979
Colorado H.B. 1042 60-0 30-4-1 June 1979
Connecticut H.B. 5090 117-28 27-9 July 1981
Florida H.B. 1237 96-6 non-record vote June 1978
Georgia H.B. 1077 158-6 50-0 Feb. 1980
Illinois H.B. 2625 140-16 45-4 Sept. 1978
Iowa S.F. 487 68-26 46-0 June 1979
Louisiana H.B. 1187 84-7 unavailable July 1991*
Maine H.B. 665 121-17 23-8 Aug. 1979*
Massachusetts S. 1582 unavailable unavailable Dec. 1991
Michigan S.B. 185 100-0 29-1 Oct. 1979
Minnesota H.F. 2476 75-57 48-12 April 1980
Montana H.B. 463 87-1 voice vote April 1979
Nevada S.B. 470 38-2 19-1 June 1979
New Hampshire S.B. 21 voice vote voice vote April 1981
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STATE Bill Number House Vote Senate Vote Signed
New Jersey A.B. 819 67-0 32-0 March 1981
New Mexico H.B. 329 53-9 33-1 Feb. 1978
New York S.B. 1123-6 145-2 60-0 June 1980
North Carolina H.B. 1065 108-1-11 voice vote June 1979
Ohio S.B. 184 87-7 28-2 March 1980
Oklahoma S.R. 7 voice vote voice vote March 1981
Oregon H.B. 2267 50-10 27-3 June 1979
Rhode Island H.B. 79.6072 100-0 40-10 May 1980
South Carolina S.B. 350 voice vote voice vote Feb. 1980
Tennessee H.B. 314 77-16-2 30-2-1 April 1981
Texas S.B. 877 non record vote 20-6 June 1979
Vermont H.B. 130 voice vote voice vote April 1981
Virginia S.B. 913 50-37 23-15 March 1979
Washington H.B. 259 92-5 43-2 March 1979
West Virginia S.B. 366 52-48 23-10 March 1979
Wisconsin L.B. 697 77-19 32-1 April 1982
* Two states, Louisiana and Maine, have enacted legislation on two different occasions
which recognize marijuana's therapeutic utility. Louisiana originally enacted legislation
in May 1978 which called for a state program of legal access for victims of cancer and
glaucoma. In July 1991 this law was amended to included victims of paralysis. In Maine,
the legislature first enacted a bill in August 1979 which was similar to that of New
Mexico. In 1992, the Maine legislature enacted a bill which allowed for cultivation of a
small amount of marijuana for medical purposes. This bill was vetoed by the govemor and
the legislature failed to override the veto. It has been reported to the Alliance that
Alaska passed legislation in the early 1980s recognizing marijuana's medical value. ACT is
unable to provide further details on this legislation.
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