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Committee advances bill to shield medical-marijuana facility security plans from public records requests

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE · April 4, 2019
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Summary

The Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development committee voted to pass House Bill 1557, which would exempt security plans and blueprints for medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivators from routine public-records disclosures, after testimony from the attorney general's office citing security concerns.

The Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development committee passed House Bill 1557 after the attorney general's office told lawmakers the measure is needed to prevent public-records requests for security plans at medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivators.

Deputy Attorney General Brian Bowen told the committee the bill "is solving a problem that we…

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