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Heard: Bill to legalize small home cannabis grows for adults draws mixed public testimony
Summary
House Bill 1449 would legalize limited home cultivation for adults 21 and older — allowing up to six plants per person and up to 15 plants per housing unit — and creates civil infractions for odor or public visibility. The bill drew robust public testimony with supporters framing it as fairness and harm-reduction and opponents warning about youth
House Bill 1449 would legalize limited home cultivation of cannabis by adults 21 and older. Under the version presented in committee, an adult could possess and produce up to six cannabis plants on the premises of their housing unit; no single housing unit could have more than 15 plants at any time regardless of the number of residents. The bill creates civil infraction penalties for production or possession that generate odor visible or readily smelled from public or neighboring private property and sets a class 1 civil infraction for knowingly possessing more than six but fewer than 16 plants; possession or production of 16 or more plants would remain a class C felony.
Sponsor testimony and context: Representative Shelly Kloba (1st District), the prime sponsor and long‑time member of the committee that handles regulated substances, framed the measure as a fairness and…
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