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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania House Bill 549 requires medical marijuana grower/processors and dispensaries to retain video surveillance recordings for at least 180 days
Last action · February 11, 2025: Referred to HEALTH, Feb. 11, 2025Sponsors: Jeanne McNeill and 6 others
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What This Bill Would Do
An Act amending the act of April 17, 2016 (P.L.84, No.16), known as the Medical Marijuana Act, in medical marijuana controls, further providing for grower/processors; and, in dispensaries, further providing for facility requirements.
Medical marijuana business operators must update their data storage practices to comply with a mandatory six-month retention period for all security footage, directly affecting their operational compliance and data retention costs.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
medical marijuana grower/processors
Grower/processors must retain continuous video surveillance recordings for at least 180 days onsite or offsite.
medical marijuana dispensaries
Dispensaries must retain continuous video surveillance recordings for at least 180 days onsite or offsite.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 11, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to HEALTH, Feb. 11, 2025
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