Policy Tracker
UK Bill Tracker
Every tracked proposal: pending, failed, superseded, stalled and enacted — across psychedelics, cannabis, kratom and 7-OH.
United Kingdom
Bills tracked for this country and its states or regions.
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- United Kingdom · CannabisUK Bill 2902Did not pass; died when the session ended on April 28, 2022
Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill (2021–22)
Session: May 11, 2021 – April 28, 2022
- IntroducedJun 16, 2021 (done)
- PassedDid not happen (skipped)
- SignedDid not happen (skipped)
- Law in effectDid not happen (skipped)
· Session ended; bill fell without enactment.
Fell at the end of the 2021–22 session without enactment. Second reading was debated but not completed. Not a pending bill; Parliament record ID 2902 (printed Bill 20).
Bill source (opens in a new tab) - United Kingdom · CannabisUK Bill 2161Did not pass; died when the session ended on October 8, 2019
Legalisation of Cannabis (Medicinal Purposes) Bill (2017–19)
Session: June 13, 2017 – October 8, 2019
- IntroducedOct 10, 2017 (done)
- PassedDid not happen (skipped)
- SignedDid not happen (skipped)
- Law in effectDid not happen (skipped)
· Session ended without enactment.
Historical ten-minute-rule bill, printed Bill 108. Did not complete passage before the 2017–19 session ended. Not enacted and not pending.
Bill source (opens in a new tab) - United Kingdom · Kratom2016 c.2Enacted
Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (2015–16)
Session: May 18, 2015 – May 12, 2016
- IntroducedMay 28, 2015 (done)
- PassedJan 26, 2016 (done)
- SignedJan 28, 2016 (done)
- Law in effectMay 26, 2016 (done)
· Principal provisions commenced under SI 2016/553, insofar as not already in force.
Royal Assent on 28 January 2016; principal provisions commenced 26 May 2016. General psychoactive-substances law, not a kratom-specific Act. Ordinary possession outside custody is not a general offence under this Act. Controlled cannabis is exempt from this Act but remains separately controlled; the exemption is not legalisation.
Bill source (opens in a new tab) - United Kingdom · CannabisUK Bill 1761Did not pass; died when the session ended on May 12, 2016
Cannabis (Legalisation and Regulation) Bill (2015–16)
Session: May 18, 2015 – May 12, 2016
- IntroducedMar 23, 2016 (done)
- PassedDid not happen (skipped)
- SignedDid not happen (skipped)
- Law in effectDid not happen (skipped)
· Session ended; no further progress and no enactment.
Parliament confirms the 2015–16 session ended and this bill made no further progress. Not enacted and not pending.
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