PRINTER'S NO. 1512
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
985
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY RABB, KENYATTA, MADDEN, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS,
HOHENSTEIN, PARKER, FLEMING, KRAJEWSKI AND GREEN,
JUNE 12, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
JUNE 12, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 17, 2016 (P.L.84, No.16), entitled "An
act establishing a medical marijuana program; providing for
patient and caregiver certification and for medical marijuana
organization registration; imposing duties on the Department
of Health; providing for a tax on medical marijuana
organization gross receipts; establishing the Medical
Marijuana Program Fund; establishing the Medical Marijuana
Advisory Board; establishing a medical marijuana research
program; imposing duties on the Department of Corrections,
the Department of Education and the Department of Human
Services; and providing for academic clinical research
centers and for penalties and enforcement," in miscellaneous
provisions, providing for tenant protections.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 17, 2016 (P.L.84, No.16), known
as the Medical Marijuana Act, is amended by adding a section to
read:
Section 2107.1. Tenant protections.
(a) Residential tenants.--
(1) No landlord may evict, threaten to evict or
otherwise discriminate against a residential tenant for the
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