Bill
Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023
lapsed, as at 2024-11-27.
- Sponsor
- David Shoebridge
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-08-10
- second reading — 2023-08-10
- second reading — 2024-11-27
- second reading — 2024-11-27
Divisions
- Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea — 2024-11-27, Senate: negative, ayes 13, noes 24
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-08-10.
The bill would legalise cannabis for adult recreational use in Australia.
It would create the Cannabis Australia National Agency (CANA) to license and regulate cannabis activities including growing, selling, and manufacturing.
The bill would commence three months after receiving Royal Assent and does not create criminal penalties for minors possessing cannabis products.
- Legalises cannabis for adult recreational use.
- Establishes the Cannabis Australia National Agency to license and regulate cannabis trade.
- Creates offences for importing, exporting, growing, manufacturing, or selling cannabis without a licence.
- Requires CANA to keep a Register of Cannabis Strains.
- Allows home growing of up to six cannabis plants without a licence.
- Exempts sales under $50 from the offence of selling without a licence.
Adults in Australia who use cannabis recreationally, businesses involved in cannabis trade, and minors (who are not subject to criminal penalties for possession).
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