A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT requiring additional warnings to pregnant women on labels for marijuana products; and AMENDING SECTION 16-12-215, MCA; and providing a delayed effective date."
WHEREAS, the state of Montana has an interest in protecting the health of children; and
WHEREAS, prenatal exposure to marijuana may lead to children being born with congenital anomalies or a predisposition to developing cancer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 16-12-215, MCA, is amended to read:
"16-12-215. Required warning labels. A person may not manufacture, package, sell, or transfer any marijuana or marijuana product unless the package containing the marijuana or marijuana product bears the following statements in a form required by the department:
(1) "WARNING: Consumption of marijuana may cause anxiety, agitation, paranoia, psychosis, and cannabinoid hyperemesis."
(2) "WARNING: Consumption of marijuana by pregnant women may result in fetal injury, and low birth weight, congenital anomalies, and inherited cancers developed by a child later in life."
(3) "WARNING: Consumption of marijuana by nursing mothers may result in infant hyperactivity and poor cognitive function.""
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2024.