AN ACT PERMITTING LAW ENFORCEMENT TO STOP A MOTOR VEHICLE DUE TO THE ODOR OF CANNABIS.

HB 6375 would restore a law allowing police to stop and search a vehicle based solely on the smell of cannabis. This change directly affects drivers whose vehicles may be stopped for this reason and gives law enforcement officers a new basis for initiating investigations. The bill amends existing law to permit officers to use cannabis odor as justification for an investigatory stop or search of a vehicle or person inside it. Its stated purpose is to help prevent deaths and injuries caused by impaired drivers.