Supporters
Who is behind this
A cultivating caregiver license has support from patient advocates, veterans, licensed operators and reform organizations. This page is where that support is recorded, in their own words.
Organizations
Listing an organization here means it has told us it supports a cultivating caregiver license. It does not mean the organization endorses every provision of the draft bill, or that it has reviewed every document on this site.
- Your organization hereThis section is open. If your organization supports patient and caregiver cultivation in Connecticut, send a short statement and it will be published here with your name and a link.
On the public record
The eight filers below are the supporters whose testimony this project holds copies of, drawn from the sixty-six filings in the General Law Committee's index. The complete list is on The Record. They filed in support of Proposed H.B. No. 5429 at the General Law Committee’s public hearing on February 14, 2025. That testimony is a state record and is listed here as filed.
| Filed by | Capacity |
|---|---|
| Rep. Michael “MJ” Shannon | State Representative, 117th District |
| Erin Gorman Kirk | Office of the Cannabis Ombudsman |
| Duncan Markovich | Better Ways LLC, Branford |
| Carl Tirella | Budr Cannabis |
| Uzma Zakir, RPh | bloom Higher |
| Norman Plude | SweetTiva Farms, hemp farmer |
| Rafael Rosario | Individual |
| Frytz Angerlyk | Individual |
Commissioner Bryan Cafferelli filed testimony for the Department of Consumer Protection raising four substantive concerns. Those concerns, and how the current draft answers each of them, are set out on the Concerns page.
Add your support
Organizations and individuals are both welcome. Send a statement of two or three sentences saying who you are and why you support patient and caregiver cultivation. It will be published as written, with a link if you want one.
Individuals may use a first name and town rather than a full name. Patients should not feel obliged to identify themselves to support a bill about their own medicine.
Write to info@ctcannabisreform.org with the subject line “Statement of support”.
What we will not do with your statement
Your statement will not be used in fundraising, sold, shared with a mailing list, or attached to any position you did not write. If you ask for it to be removed, it comes down the same day.