AB740-ASA1, s. 8 9Section 8. 66.0107 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB740-ASA1,4,2110 66.0107 (1) (bm) Enact and enforce an ordinance to prohibit the possession of
1125 grams or less of marijuana, as defined in s. 961.01 (14), subject to this paragraph
12and
the exceptions in s. 961.41 (3g) (intro.), and provide a forfeiture for a violation
13of the ordinance; except that any. Any ordinance enacted under this paragraph shall
14provide a person prosecuted under it with the defenses that the person has under s.
15961.436 to prosecutions under s. 961.41 (1) (h), (1m) (h), or (3g) (e). A person may not
16be prosecuted under an ordinance enacted under this paragraph if, under s. 968.073
17(2), the person would not be subject to prosecution under s. 961.41 (3g) (e). No
person
18who is charged with possession of more than 25 grams of marijuana, or who is
19charged with possession of any amount of marijuana following a conviction for
20possession of marijuana, in this state shall not may be prosecuted under this
21paragraph.
AB740-ASA1, s. 9 22Section 9. 146.45 of the statutes is created to read:
AB740-ASA1,4,24 23146.45 Medical marijuana registry program. (1) Definitions. In this
24section:
AB740-ASA1,5,2
1(a) "Applicant" means a person who is applying for a registry identification card
2under sub. (2) (a).
AB740-ASA1,5,43 (b) "Debilitating medical condition or treatment" has the meaning given in s.
4961.01 (5m).
AB740-ASA1,5,65 (c) "Medical use of tetrahydrocannabinols" has the meaning given in s. 961.01
6(14g).
AB740-ASA1,5,77 (d) "Primary caregiver" has the meaning given in s. 961.01 (19m).
AB740-ASA1,5,88 (e) "Qualifying patient" has the meaning given in s. 961.01 (20hm).
AB740-ASA1,5,109 (f) "Registrant" means a person to whom a registry identification card is issued
10under sub. (4).
AB740-ASA1,5,1311 (g) "Registry identification card" means a document issued by the department
12under this section that identifies a person as a qualifying patient or primary
13caregiver.
AB740-ASA1,5,1514 (h) "Written certification" means a statement made by a person's physician if
15all of the following apply:
AB740-ASA1,5,2016 1. The statement indicates that, in the physician's professional opinion, the
17person has or is undergoing a debilitating medical condition or treatment and the
18potential benefits of the person's use of tetrahydrocannabinols in the manner
19described under s. 961.01 (14g) (a) would likely outweigh the health risks for the
20person.
AB740-ASA1,5,2321 2. The statement indicates that the opinion described in subd. 1. was formed
22after a full assessment, made in the course of a bona fide physician-patient
23relationship, of the person's medical history and current medical condition.
AB740-ASA1,5,2524 3. The statement is signed by the physician or is contained in the person's
25medical records.
AB740-ASA1,6,3
1(2) Application. (a) An adult who is claiming to be a qualifying patient may
2apply for a registry identification card by submitting to the department a signed
3application form containing or accompanied by all of the following:
AB740-ASA1,6,44 1. His or her name, address, and date of birth.
AB740-ASA1,6,55 2. A written certification.
AB740-ASA1,6,76 3. The name, address, and telephone number of the person's current physician,
7as listed in the written certification.
AB740-ASA1,6,148 (b) A qualifying patient who is an adult and who has been issued a registry
9identification card under sub. (4) or an applicant may jointly apply with another
10adult to the department for a registry identification card for the other adult,
11designating him or her as a primary caregiver for the qualifying patient or the
12applicant. Both persons who jointly apply for a registry identification card under this
13paragraph shall sign the application form, which shall contain the name, address,
14and date of birth of the individual applying to be registered as a primary caregiver.
AB740-ASA1,6,1815 (c) The department shall promulgate rules specifying how a parent, guardian,
16or person having legal custody of a child may apply for a registry identification card
17for himself or herself and for the child and the circumstances under which the
18department may approve or deny the application.
AB740-ASA1,6,2219 (d) The department may charge a fee for the application for or the issuance of
20a registry identification card. The amount of the fee may not exceed the cost of the
21materials or services provided. All fees received shall be credited to the
22appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (h).
AB740-ASA1,7,3 23(3) Processing the application. The department shall verify the information
24contained in or accompanying an application submitted under sub. (2) and shall
25approve or deny the application within 30 days after receiving it. Except as provided

1in sub. (2) (c), the department may deny an application submitted under sub. (2) only
2if the required information has not been provided or if false information has been
3provided.
AB740-ASA1,7,9 4(4) Issuing a registry identification card. The department shall issue a
5registry identification card within 5 days after approving an application under sub.
6(3). Unless voided under sub. (5) (b) 2. or (c) or revoked under rules issued by the
7department under sub. (7) (d), a registry identification card shall expire one year
8from the date of issuance. A registry identification card shall contain all of the
9following:
AB740-ASA1,7,1210 (a) The name, address, and date of birth of the registrant and the name,
11address, and date of birth of the primary caregivers, if the registrant is a qualifying
12patient, or of the qualifying patient, if the registrant is a primary caregiver.
AB740-ASA1,7,1313 (b) The date of issuance and expiration date of the registry identification card.
AB740-ASA1,7,1414 (c) A photograph of the registrant.
AB740-ASA1,7,1515 (d) Other information that the department may require by rule.
AB740-ASA1,7,22 16(5) Additional information to be provided by registrant. (a) 1. An adult
17registrant shall notify the department of any change in the registrant's name and
18address. An adult registrant who is a qualifying patient shall notify the department
19of any change in his or her physician, of any significant improvement in his or her
20health as it relates to his or her debilitating medical condition or treatment, and if
21a registered primary caregiver no longer assists the registrant with the medical use
22of tetrahydrocannabinols.
AB740-ASA1,8,223 2. If a qualifying patient is a child, a primary caregiver for the child shall
24provide the department with any information that the child, if he or she were an

1adult, would have to provide under subd. 1. within 10 days after the date of the
2change to which the information relates.
AB740-ASA1,8,53 (b) 1. If a registrant fails to notify the department within 10 days after any
4change for which notification is required under par. (a) 1., or the registrant may be
5fined not more than $150.
AB740-ASA1,8,116 2. If a qualifying patient notifies the department that he or she no longer has
7a debilitating medical condition or treatment, the department shall void his or her
8registry identification card. If a qualifying patient notifies the department that a
9registered primary caregiver no longer assists him or her with the medical use of
10tetrahydrocannabinols, the department shall void the registry identification card of
11the primary caregiver.
AB740-ASA1,8,1512 (c) If a qualifying patient's registry identification card becomes void under par.
13(b) 2., the registry identification card for each of the qualifying patient's primary
14caregivers is void. The department shall send written notice of this fact to each such
15primary caregiver.
AB740-ASA1,8,16 16(6) Records. (a) The department shall maintain a list of all registrants.
AB740-ASA1,8,1917 (b) Notwithstanding s. 19.35 and except as provided in par. (c), the department
18may not disclose information from an application submitted or a registry
19identification card issued under this section.
AB740-ASA1,8,2320 (c) The department may disclose to a state or local law enforcement agency
21information from an application submitted by, or from a registry identification card
22issued to, a specific person under this section, for the purpose of verifying that the
23person possesses a valid registry identification card.
AB740-ASA1,9,3
1(6m) Judicial review. A department's decision to deny, revoke, void, or fail to
2renew a registry identification card under this section is subject to judicial review
3under s. 227.52.
AB740-ASA1,9,7 4(7) Rules. No later than 90 days after the effective date of this subsection ....
5(revisor inserts date), the department shall promulgate rules to implement this
6section, including the rules required under sub. (2) (c) and rules doing all of the
7following:
AB740-ASA1,9,88 (a) Creating forms for applications to be used under sub. (2).
AB740-ASA1,9,109 (b) Specifying how the department will verify the truthfulness of information
10submitted on an application under sub. (2).
AB740-ASA1,9,1211 (c) Specifying how and under what circumstances registry identification cards
12may be renewed.
AB740-ASA1,9,1413 (d) Specifying how and under what changed circumstances a registry
14identification card may be revoked.
AB740-ASA1,9,1615 (e) Specifying under what circumstances a person whose application for a
16registry identification card is denied may reapply.
AB740-ASA1, s. 10 17Section 10. 173.12 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB740-ASA1,9,2418 173.12 (1m) If an animal has been seized because it is alleged that the animal
19has been used in or constitutes evidence of any crime specified in s. 951.08, the
20animal may not be returned to the owner by an officer under s. 968.20 (2). In any
21hearing under s. 968.20 (1) (1f), the court shall determine if the animal is needed as
22evidence or there is reason to believe that the animal has participated in or been
23trained for fighting. If the court makes such a finding, the animal shall be retained
24in custody.
AB740-ASA1, s. 11 25Section 11. 289.33 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB740-ASA1,10,17
1289.33 (3) (d) "Local approval" includes any requirement for a permit, license,
2authorization, approval, variance or exception or any restriction, condition of
3approval or other restriction, regulation, requirement or prohibition imposed by a
4charter ordinance, general ordinance, zoning ordinance, resolution or regulation by
5a town, city, village, county or special purpose district, including without limitation
6because of enumeration any ordinance, resolution or regulation adopted under s.
759.03 (2), 59.11 (5), 59.42 (1), 59.48, 59.51 (1) and (2), 59.52 (2), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9),
8(11), (12), (13), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25), (26) and (27),
959.53 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (7), (8), (9), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (19), (20) and (23),
1059.535 (2), (3) and (4), 59.54 (1), (2), (3), (4), (4m), (5), (6), (7), (8), (10), (11), (12), (16),
11(17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25) (a), and (26), 59.55 (3), (4), (5) and (6),
1259.56 (1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10), (11), (12), (12m), (13) and (16), 59.57 (1), 59.58
13(1) and (5), 59.62, 59.69, 59.692, 59.693, 59.696, 59.697, 59.698, 59.70 (1), (2), (3), (5),
14(7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (21), (22) and (23), 59.79 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (10) and
15(11), 59.792 (2) and (3), 59.80, 59.82, 60.10, 60.22, 60.23, 60.54, 60.77, 61.34, 61.35,
1661.351, 61.354, 62.11, 62.23, 62.231, 62.234, 66.0101, 66.0415, 87.30, 91.73, 196.58,
17200.11 (8), 236.45, 281.43 or 349.16 or subch. VIII of ch. 60.
AB740-ASA1, s. 12 18Section 12. 349.02 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB740-ASA1,10,2019 349.02 (2) (b) 4. Local ordinances enacted under s. 59.54 (25) (a) or (25m), 60.23
20(21), or 66.0107 (1) (bm).
AB740-ASA1, s. 13 21Section 13. 961.01 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 961.01 (1m).
AB740-ASA1, s. 14 22Section 14. 961.01 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB740-ASA1,10,2423 961.01 (1g) "Adequate supply" means an amount of tetrahydrocannabinols
24that does not exceed what would be contained in 2.5 ounces of usable marijuana.
AB740-ASA1, s. 15 25Section 15. 961.01 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB740-ASA1,11,2
1961.01 (5m) "Debilitating medical condition or treatment" means any of the
2following:
AB740-ASA1,11,53 (a) Cancer, glaucoma, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, a positive test for
4the presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV, or an antibody to HIV,
5or the treatment of any of these conditions.
AB740-ASA1,11,86 (b) A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or the treatment of
7such a disease or condition that causes cachexia, severe pain, severe nausea,
8seizures, or severe and persistent muscle spasms.
AB740-ASA1,11,119 (c) Any other medical condition or any other treatment for a medical condition
10designated as a debilitating medical condition or treatment in rules promulgated by
11the department of health and family services under s. 961.436 (5).
AB740-ASA1, s. 16 12Section 16. 961.01 (11v) of the statutes is created to read:
AB740-ASA1,11,1313 961.01 (11v) "HIV" means any strain of human immunodeficiency virus.
AB740-ASA1, s. 17 14Section 17. 961.01 (14g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB740-ASA1,11,1615 961.01 (14g) "Medical use of tetrahydrocannabinols" means any of the
16following:
AB740-ASA1,11,1917 (a) The use of tetrahydrocannabinols by a qualifying patient to alleviate the
18symptoms or effects of the qualifying patient's debilitating medical condition or
19treatment.
AB740-ASA1,11,2220 (b) The acquisition, possession, or transportation of tetrahydrocannabinols by
21a qualifying patient if done to facilitate his or her use of tetrahydrocannabinols under
22par. (a).
AB740-ASA1,12,223 (c) The acquisition, possession, or transportation of tetrahydrocannabinols by
24a primary caregiver of a qualifying patient, the transfer of tetrahydrocannabinols
25between a qualifying patient and his or her primary caregivers, or the transfer of

1tetrahydrocannabinols between persons who are primary caregivers for the same
2qualifying patient if all of the following apply:
AB740-ASA1,12,53 1. The acquisition, possession, transportation, or transfer of the
4tetrahydrocannabinols is done to facilitate the qualifying patient's use of
5tetrahydrocannabinols under par. (a) or (b).
AB740-ASA1,12,86 2. It is not practicable for the qualifying patient to acquire, possess, or transport
7the tetrahydrocannabinols independently, or the qualifying patient is under 18 years
8of age.
AB740-ASA1, s. 18 9Section 18. 961.01 (19m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB740-ASA1,12,1210 961.01 (19m) "Primary caregiver" means a person who is at least 18 years of
11age and who has agreed to help a qualifying patient in his or her medical use of
12tetrahydrocannabinols.
AB740-ASA1, s. 19 13Section 19. 961.01 (20hm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB740-ASA1,12,1714 961.01 (20hm) "Qualifying patient" means a person who has been diagnosed
15by a physician as having or undergoing a debilitating medical condition or treatment
16but does not include a person under the age of 18 years unless all of the following
17apply:
AB740-ASA1,12,2018 (a) The person's physician has explained the potential risks and benefits of the
19medical use of tetrahydrocannabinols to the person and to a parent, guardian, or
20person having legal custody of the person.
AB740-ASA1,12,2221 (b) The parent, guardian, or person having legal custody provides the physician
22a written statement consenting to do all of the following:
AB740-ASA1,12,2323 1. Allow the person's medical use of tetrahydrocannabinols.
AB740-ASA1,12,2424 2. Serve as a primary caregiver for the person.
AB740-ASA1,12,2525 3. Manage the person's medical use of tetrahydrocannabinols.
AB740-ASA1, s. 20
1Section 20. 961.01 (20ht) of the statutes is created to read:
AB740-ASA1,13,32 961.01 (20ht) "Registry identification card" has the meaning given in s. 146.45
3(1) (g).
AB740-ASA1, s. 21 4Section 21. 961.01 (20t) of the statutes is created to read:
AB740-ASA1,13,65 961.01 (20t) "Treatment team" means a qualifying patient and his or her
6primary caregivers.
AB740-ASA1, s. 22 7Section 22. 961.01 (21g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB740-ASA1,13,118 961.01 (21g) "Usable marijuana" means the leaves, the flowers, the resin
9extracted from the leaves and flowers, and every compound, manufacture, salt,
10derivative, mixture, or preparation of the leaves, flowers, or resin, but does not
11include the seeds, stalks, or roots of plants of the genus Cannabis.
AB740-ASA1, s. 23 12Section 23. 961.436 of the statutes is created to read:
AB740-ASA1,13,17 13961.436 Medical use defense in cases involving
14tetrahydrocannabinols.
(1) A member of a qualifying patient's treatment team
15has a defense to prosecution under s. 961.41 (1) (h) or (1m) (h) for manufacturing, or
16possessing with intent to manufacture, tetrahydrocannabinols if all of the following
17apply:
AB740-ASA1,13,1918 (a) The manufacture or possession is a medical use of tetrahydrocannabinols
19by the treatment team.
AB740-ASA1,13,2020 (b) The amount of tetrahydrocannabinols does not exceed an adequate supply.
AB740-ASA1,13,24 21(2) A member of a qualifying patient's treatment team has a defense to
22prosecution under s. 961.41 (1) (h) or (1m) (h) for distributing or delivering, or
23possessing with intent to distribute or deliver, tetrahydrocannabinols to another
24member of the treatment team if all of the following apply:
AB740-ASA1,14,2
1(a) The distribution, delivery, or possession is a medical use of
2tetrahydrocannabinols by the treatment team.
AB740-ASA1,14,33 (b) The amount of tetrahydrocannabinols does not exceed an adequate supply.
AB740-ASA1,14,6 4(3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a member of a qualifying patient's
5treatment team has a defense to a prosecution under s. 961.41 (3g) (e) if all of the
6following apply:
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