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What it is

Bill proposes legalizing and regulating cannabis for adults

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 20 April 2022. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Confederal de Unidas Podemos-En Comú Podem-Galicia en Común.

Official title: Private member's bill for the comprehensive regulation and control of cannabis in adults.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000217· updated 11 Nov

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  1. The bill would allow people over 18 to legally possess and use cannabis, and would regulate the whole plant cycle: growing, production, sale and consumption. Medical and therapeutic uses are excluded and left to a separate law.
  2. It would create the Spanish Agency for the Integral Regulation and Control of Cannabis (AECRIC Spanish Agency for the Integral Regulation and Control of Cannabis: the public body that would oversee the whole cannabis market.), an independent public body that would issue licenses, inspect and sanction all operators in the market.
  3. All licensed companies would have to report their operations daily to a state control software (SoftCRIC State control software where licensed companies would have to log all their operations daily.), which would track every product from cultivation to sale.
  4. Access to cannabis would be possible through five channels: home growing, cooperative cannabis social clubs, licensed cannabis social clubs, cannabis dispensaries and non-psychoactive cannabis dispensaries.
  5. Clear limits are set: in public you could carry at most 100 grams of dried cannabis flowers, and buy or receive 25 grams per purchase. Home growing would need no registration, with limits on size and lighting power.
  6. All advertising, promotion and sponsorship of cannabis would be banned, with exceptions such as advertising between professionals or in sector media not accessible to minors.
  7. A special tax on cannabis products would be created, graduated by THC The main psychoactive compound in cannabis, the one that affects the mind. content, and two thirds of the revenue would go to education, health and the 2030 Agenda.
  8. If the law came into force, pending fines for cannabis possession would be annulled, and people convicted for conduct that becomes legal would be released and have their records erased.

Who it affects

  • People over 18: Could buy, grow and consume cannabis legally within the set limits.
  • Cannabis businesses: Would need a license from the new agency, register in the control software and meet production, security and advertising rules.
  • Cannabis social clubs: Could become licensed cooperatives without fees, with production and dispensing limits.
  • People fined or convicted over cannabis: Would see unexecuted final fines annulled and records erased for conduct that becomes legal.
  • Minors: Could not take part in any cannabis activity and would be barred from consumption areas.

Words worth knowing

AECRIC
Spanish Agency for the Integral Regulation and Control of Cannabis: the public body that would oversee the whole cannabis market.
Sumidades floridas
The flowering tops of the cannabis plant, where its active compounds concentrate; this is the part consumed.
THC
The main psychoactive compound in cannabis, the one that affects the mind.
SoftCRIC
State control software where licensed companies would have to log all their operations daily.
Silencio administrativo positivo
A license being deemed granted if the administration fails to answer in time. Here it would not apply: an express answer would be required.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced20 April 2022Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted26 April 2022The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
Jun 2022Sept 2022Dec 2022Mar 202311. 20 April 2022: Presentación22. 26 April 2022: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 26/04/2022 hasta 29/04/202233. 26 April 2022: Calificación44. 29 April 2022: Gobierno Contestación desde 29/04/2022 hasta 07/06/202255. 7 June 2022: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 07/06/2022 hasta 30/05/202366. 30 May 2023: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 30/05/2023 hasta 16/06/2023

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It was presented again:

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  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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