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The bill imposes an excise tax on a licensed processor at the rate of 10 percent
of the sales price on each wholesale sale in this state of marijuana to a licensed
dispensary. All proceeds from the tax, and all fees and penalties collected by the
commission, are deposited into a segregated fund, identified in the bill as the medical
marijuana fund.
Criminal provisions
The bill decriminalizes the manufacture, possession, distribution, and delivery
of medical marijuana if that manufacture, possession, distribution, or delivery is
done in compliance with the medical marijuana program established by the
commission.
Under current law, with certain exceptions, it is illegal to manufacture, possess,
distribute, or deliver THC, including THC in marijuana, which is classified as a
schedule I controlled substance. The bill authorizes the possession, distribution, or
delivery of medical marijuana by a qualifying patient or his or her primary
caregivers if 1) the possession, distribution, or delivery of marijuana is done to
facilitate a qualifying patient's medical use of the marijuana in accordance with his
or her recommendation; 2) the marijuana is legally obtained from a person who is
authorized to distribute or deliver medical marijuana under the laws of this state;
3) the amount of usable marijuana does not exceed 15 grams of cannabis concentrate
per qualifying patient; and 4) the qualifying patient or primary caregiver has in his
or her immediate possession a registry identification card. The bill authorizes the
manufacture, possession, distribution, or delivery of medical marijuana by an entity
that is licensed by the commission or an employee or agent of such a licensed entity
if the manufacture, possession, distribution, or delivery is done in the usual course
of business or employment.
Under the bill, if a person manufactures, possesses, distributes, delivers, or
uses medical marijuana in a way that is not in compliance with the requirements of
the medical marijuana program, he or she can be referred by the Medical Marijuana
Regulatory Commission for criminal prosecution under the controlled substances act
or a local law that prohibits the possession, manufacture, distribution, or delivery of
marijuana.
Prescription drug monitoring program
Current law requires the Controlled Substances Board to establish a
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) that requires pharmacies and
health care practitioners to generate records documenting the dispensing of
monitored prescription drugs. Records from the PDMP may be disclosed to persons
specified under current law or by the board by rule.
This bill also requires records to be generated for the PDMP documenting
recommendations for medical marijuana and the issuance of registry identification
cards for medical marijuana.

Fair employment law
Under the current fair employment law, an employer may not refuse to hire or
employ, bar or terminate from employment, or discriminate against any individual
in promotion or compensation or in terms, conditions, or privileges of employment
because the individual has a disability. Such discrimination against an individual
with a disability includes refusing to reasonably accommodate an employee's or
prospective employee's disability unless the employer can demonstrate that the
accommodation would pose a hardship on the employer's program, enterprise, or
business. Also under the fair employment law, an employer may not refuse to hire
or employ, bar or terminate from employment, or discriminate against any individual
in promotion or compensation or in terms, conditions, or privileges of employment
because of the individual's use or nonuse of lawful products off the employer's
premises during nonworking hours.
DWD enforces the fair employment law and may receive and investigate
complaints charging discrimination or discriminatory practices and may, if an
employer is found to have engaged in discrimination, order such action by the
respondent as will effectuate the purpose of the fair employment law, including
awarding back pay. Decisions of DWD hearing examiners made under the fair
employment law are subject to further review by the Labor and Industry Review
Commission and a court.
The bill provides that the fair employment law does not apply to any act of an
employer based on an individual's use of medical marijuana.
Unemployment insurance; worker's compensation
Currently, an individual whose work is terminated by an employer for
misconduct by the employee connected with the employee's work is ineligible to
receive unemployment insurance benefits until the individual satisfies certain
conditions. In addition, the wages paid to the individual by that employer are
excluded from the employee's base period wages for purposes of calculating the
individual's entitlement to UI benefits. “Misconduct,” for purposes of these
provisions, is defined specifically as including a violation by an employee of an
employer's reasonable written policy concerning the use of a controlled substance if
the employee 1) had knowledge of the policy; and 2) admitted to the use of a controlled
substance or refused to take a test or tested positive for the use of a controlled
substance in a test used by the employer in accordance with a testing methodology
approved by DWD.
Also under current law, an employer is not liable for temporary disability
benefits under the worker's compensation law during an employee's healing period
if the employee is suspended or terminated for misconduct as defined above.
The bill retains these provisions regarding misconduct and further provides
that such a reasonable written policy may include a drug-free workplace policy.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
report.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB683,1 1Section 1. 15.435 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB683,6,2 215.435 (title) Same; attached boards and commissions.
SB683,2 3Section 2. 15.435 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB683,6,74 15.435 (2) Medical marijuana regulatory commission. (a) Creation;
5membership
. No later than 30 days after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB
6inserts date], there is created a medical marijuana regulatory commission attached
7to the department of revenue under s. 15.03, consisting of the following members:
SB683,6,88 1. One member appointed by the governor.
SB683,6,99 2. One member appointed by the senate majority leader.
SB683,6,1010 3. One member appointed by the speaker of the assembly.
SB683,6,1111 4. One member appointed by the senate minority leader.
SB683,6,1212 5. One member appointed by the assembly minority leader.
SB683,6,1513 (b) Chairperson. The governor shall designate one of the appointees under par.
14(a) to serve as chairperson for a 2-year term. The chairperson is responsible for the
15commission's daily operations and administrative oversight.
SB683,6,1716 (c) Assistance. The commission may request of any state agency such
17assistance as may be necessary for the commission to fulfill its duties.
SB683,6,1918 (d) Licenses. The commission shall begin issuing licenses under s. 73.17 no
19sooner than 180 days after the creation of the commission.
SB683,7,320 (d) Report. 1. Annually, the commission shall submit a report to the legislature
21under s. 13.172 (2) that provides an overview of the medical marijuana industry in

1this state, specifies the administrative and enforcement actions undertaken by the
2commission, and makes recommendations regarding the operation of the
3commission and the administration of ss. 73.17 and 73.18 and subch. IV of ch. 139.
SB683,7,84 2. No later than January 15, 2021, and no later than each January 15
5thereafter, the commission shall submit to the legislature, as provided under s.
613.172 (2), its recommendation for using moneys from the medical marijuana fund
7for law enforcement drug prevention programs, treatment alternative and diversion
8programs, and alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs.
SB683,3 9Section 3. 15.437 of the statutes is created to read:
SB683,7,13 1015.437 Same; councils. (1) Council on medical marijuana. (a) There is
11created in the department of revenue a council on medical marijuana to provide
12advice to the medical marijuana regulatory commission. The council consists of the
13following members:
SB683,7,1414 1. One individual who represents the interests of licensees under s. 78.17.
SB683,7,1515 2. One individual who represents local government.
SB683,7,1616 3. One individual who represents law enforcement.
SB683,7,1717 4. One individual who represents medical providers.
SB683,7,1818 5. One individual who represents providers of financial services.
SB683,7,2019 6. The secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection or the
20secretary's designee.
SB683,7,2121 7. The secretary of health services or the secretary's designee.
SB683,7,2222 8. The secretary of revenue or the secretary's designee.
SB683,7,2323 9. One member appointed by the senate majority leader.
SB683,7,2424 10. One member appointed by the senate minority leader.
SB683,7,2525 11. One member appointed by the speaker of the assembly.
SB683,8,1
112. One member appointed by the assembly minority leader.
SB683,8,32 (b) The governor shall appoint the members under par. (a) 1. to 5. All members
3serve for staggered 3-year terms, as determined by the secretary of revenue.
SB683,4 4Section 4. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
5the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table PDF - See PDF for table PDF - See PDF for table PDF - See PDF for table PDF
SB683,5 6Section 5. 20.566 (9) (q) of the statutes is created to read:
SB683,8,107 20.566 (9) Medical marijuana regulatory commission. (q) General program
8operations and enforcement
. From the medical marijuana fund, the amounts in the
9schedule for general program operations, administration, and enforcement of ss.
1073.17 and 73.18 and subch. IV. of ch. 139.
SB683,6 11Section 6. 20.923 (4) (e) 13. of the statutes is created to read:
SB683,8,1312 20.923 (4) (e) 13. Revenue, department of: medical marijuana regulatory
13commission: members and chairperson.
SB683,7 14Section 7. 20.923 (6) (hb) of the statutes is created to read:
SB683,8,1615 20.923 (6) (hb) Revenue, department of: medical marijuana regulatory
16commission: all positions other than the members and chairperson.
SB683,8 17Section 8 . 25.56 of the statutes is created to read:
SB683,9,2 1825.56 Medical marijuana fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible
19trust fund, designated as the medical marijuana fund, consisting of all revenue from

1the fees, taxes, interest, and penalties under ss. 73.17 and 73.18 and subch. IV of ch.
2139.
SB683,9 3Section 9. Chapter 73 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB683,9,84 CHAPTER 73
5 TAX APPEALS COMMISSION,
6 medical marijuana regulatory
7 commission,
AND DEPARTMENT
8 OF REVENUE
SB683,10 9Section 10 . 73.17 of the statutes is created to read:
SB683,9,10 1073.17 Medical marijuana; licensees. (1) Definitions. In this section:
SB683,9,1111 (a) “Child care center” has the meaning given in s. 49.136 (1) (ad).
SB683,9,1212 (b) “Commission” means the medical marijuana regulatory commission.
SB683,9,1713 (c) “Dispensary” means a person who obtains packaged and labelled medical
14marijuana from a licensed processor and dispenses that marijuana at a permanent
15location to patients or caregivers holding a valid registry identification card issued
16under s. 73.18 (3), regardless of whether the dispensing is done in exchange for
17monetary consideration.
SB683,9,2118 (d) “Laboratory” means a person who obtains medical marijuana from a
19licensed processor and tests that medical marijuana for tetrahydrocannabinol
20content and the presence of molds, pesticides, heavy metals, and other
21contaminants.
SB683,9,2322 (e) “Licensee” means a producer, processor, dispensary, transporter, or
23laboratory that holds a valid license under this section.
SB683,9,2424 (f) “Marijuana" has the meaning given in s. 961.01 (14).
SB683,9,2525 (g) “Medical marijuana" has the meaning given in s. 73.18 (1) (e).
SB683,10,4
1(h) “Processor" means a person who obtains marijuana from a licensed
2producer, processes the marijuana into medical marijuana, packages and labels the
3medical marijuana, and transfers or sells the packaged and labelled medical
4marijuana to a licensed dispensary.
SB683,10,65 (i) “Producer” means a person who plants, grows, cultivates, and harvests
6marijuana and transfers or sells the marijuana to a licensed processor.
SB683,10,77 (j) “School” has the meaning given in s. 118.257 (1) (d).
SB683,10,98 (k) “Transporter” means a person who transports marijuana or medical
9marijuana to other licensees.
SB683,10,18 10(2) Annual license required. No person may operate in this state as a
11producer, processor, dispensary, transporter, or laboratory without a license issued
12by the commission under this section. A person who engages in more than one of
13these activities shall obtain a separate license for each activity. A person who
14operates more than one dispensary location shall obtain a separate license for each
15location. A person who is an employee of a licensee is not required to obtain a
16separate license. A license issued under this section expires after one year. A person
17is not required to obtain a license under this section if the person handles only
18industrial hemp and holds a valid license under s. 94.55.
SB683,10,21 19(3) License criteria. The commission may issue a license to a producer,
20processor, dispensary, transporter, or laboratory if the commission determines that
21all of the following requirements are met:
SB683,11,522 (a) Notwithstanding ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, the applicant, or each
23principal officer or board member of the applicant, has never been convicted of a
24criminal violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act under 21 USC 801 to 971,
25the Uniform Controlled Substances Act under ch. 961, or any controlled substances

1law of another state. The commission shall determine whether this requirement is
2met on the basis of a criminal history search obtained from the records maintained
3by the department of justice for each of these persons. The department of justice
4shall provide information to the commission necessary to determine whether this
5requirement is met.
SB683,11,76 (b) The applicant, or each principal officer or board member of the applicant,
7is at least 21 years of age.
SB683,11,128 (c) For the 24 months following the first date on which the commission receives
9applications under this section, the applicant, or at least one principal officer or
10board member of the applicant, has resided in this state, in accordance with the
11qualifications set forth in s. 6.10, for at least one year before submitting an
12application to the commission under this subsection.
SB683,11,1513 (d) 1. If the applicant is a producer or processor, the applicant, or each principal
14officer or board member of the applicant, does not have any financial interest in a
15licensed laboratory or an applicant for a laboratory license.
SB683,11,1916 2. If the applicant is a laboratory, the applicant, or each principal officer or
17board member of the applicant, does not have any financial interest in a licensed
18producer, processor, or dispensary or an applicant for a producer, processor, or
19dispensary license.
SB683,11,2220 3. If the applicant is a producer or a processor, the applicant, or each principal
21officer or board member of the applicant, does not have any financial interest in a
22licensed dispensary or an applicant for a dispensary license.
SB683,12,223 4. If the applicant is a dispensary, the applicant, or each principal officer or
24board member of the applicant, does not have any financial interest in a licensed

1producer, processor, or laboratory, or an applicant for a producer, processor, or
2laboratory license.
SB683,12,63 (e) The applicant, and each principal officer or board member of the applicant,
4has never had a license revoked and not reinstated under this section, or been a
5principal officer or board member of an entity that has had a license revoked and not
6reinstated under this section.
SB683,12,87 (f) The applicant's facility or the site of the applicant's facility is not prohibited
8by a local ordinance of the county or municipality where the facility would be located.
SB683,12,109 (g) The applicant's operation will not be located within 300 feet of the premises
10of a school or child care center.
SB683,12,1211 (h) The applicant will have sufficient security measures in place at its
12operating location.
SB683,12,1313 (i) The applicant will have sufficient record-keeping procedures in place.
SB683,12,1514 (j) If the applicant is a laboratory, the applicant will employ and retain at least
15one employee with an advanced degree in a medical or laboratory science.
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