Modifies provisions relating to use of marijuana by family court participants

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Modifies provisions relating to use of marijuana by family court participants

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1307 - Under this act, a family court shall not prohibit a family court participant from possession or use of legal marijuana, including as a term or condition of successful completion of the family court program.

What This Bill Does

• The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1307 - Under this act, a family court shall not prohibit a family court participant from possession or use of legal marijuana, including as a term or condition of successful completion of the family court program.
• The possession or use of legal marijuana shall not, by itself, be used to restrict or abridge custodial or parental rights to minor children in a family or juvenile court proceeding.
• This act is identical to SB 403 (2025), SB 968 (2024), and SCS/SB 443 (2023) and similar to SB 794 (2022), HB 2440 (2022), and SB 357 (2021), and provisions in HB 2704 (2022) and HB 2723 (2020).
• SARAH HASKINS

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Official Summary Text

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SB 1307 - Under this act, a family court shall not prohibit a family court participant from possession or use of legal marijuana, including as a term or condition of successful completion of the family court program. The possession or use of legal marijuana shall not, by itself, be used to restrict or abridge custodial or parental rights to minor children in a family or juvenile court proceeding.

This act is identical to SB 403 (2025), SB 968 (2024), and SCS/SB 443 (2023) and similar to SB 794 (2022), HB 2440 (2022), and SB 357 (2021), and provisions in HB 2704 (2022) and HB 2723 (2020).
SARAH HASKINS

Current Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1307
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR WASHINGTON.
4289S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 487, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to use of marijuana by
family court participants.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 487, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 487.205, to read as 2
follows:3
487.205. 1. A family court shall not prohibit a 1
family court participant from possessing or using marijuana 2
consistent with the provisions of Article XIV of the 3
Constitution of Missouri and shall not require a family 4
court participant to refrain from possessing or using 5
marijuana as a term or condition of successful completion of 6
the family court program. 7
2. The possession or use of marijuana consistent with 8
the provisions of Article XIV of the Constitution of 9
Missouri shall not, by itself, be used to restrict or 10
abridge custodial or parental rights to minor children in 11
any action or proceeding under the jurisdiction of a family 12
court under this chapter or a juvenile court under chapter 13
211. 14
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