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New York: Lawmakers Fail To Consider Legalization Measures
Lawmakers failed to take action on the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act, which would have legalized the drug for people over the age of 21. S 1747 and it’s counterpart A 3089, sought to regulate the commercial cultivation and retail sale of marijuana to adults over the age of 21. It also would have permitted the … Continue reading
Massachusetts: Lawmakers Fail To Act On Marijuana Legalization Measure
Lawmakers failed to take action on legislation, H. 1561: The Cannabis Regulation and Taxation Act of 2016, to permit the personal possession, cultivation and retail sale of marijuana to adults. The measure would have also permitted home cultivation of the plant for non-commercial purposes. A coalition of more than a dozen bipartisan Massachusetts lawmakers introduced the Act … Continue reading
Wisconsin: Lawmakers Fail To Act On Legislation To Regulate Marijuana
Lawmakers have failed to act on legislation, Assembly Bill 224, to legalize and regulate the adult possession and use of marijuana in Wisconsin. Full text of the bill is here. Annually, state and local police make some 16,000 marijuana possession arrests. The state ranks 19th in the nation in per capita marijuana possession arrests. Under state law, … Continue reading
Wisconsin: Lawmakers Fail To Act On Hemp Measure
Lawmakers have failed to act on legislation to establish activities involving the cultivation of industrial hemp. AB 215 would have required, “the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) to issue licenses that authorize the growing and processing of industrial hemp.” Hemp is a distinct variety of the plant species cannabis sativa L. that contains minimal … Continue reading
Massachusetts: Lawmakers Fail To Consider Medical Marijuana Expansion Measure
Lawmakers failed to move legislation forward to protect patients approved by physicians and certified by the Department of Public Health to access medical marijuana. H. 2065 sought to protect qualified patients from discrimination. The measure would have no longer permitted employers, landlords, hospitals, universities, and family services to discriminate and/or sanction individuals based solely on … Continue reading
Illinois: Lawmakers Fail To Consider Bill To Legalize Marijuana Production and Retail Sales
Lawmakers failed to consider legislation to legalize and regulate the adult use and retail sale of cannabis this legislative session. House Bill 4276, the Cannabis Regulation and Taxation Act, would have permitted those over the age of 21 to legally possess up to 30 grams of cannabis and/or to engage in the home cultivation of … Continue reading
South Carolina: Lawmakers Fail To Consider Medical Marijuana Program Act
Members of the Senate Medical Affairs and House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee have failed to act on legislation, SB 672 and H. 4037, the Medical Marijuana Program Act. The 2016 legislative session has now come to a close. The legislation sought to allow the use of medical marijuana for debilitating medical conditions such as … Continue reading
Florida: Lawmakers Fail To Act On Marijuana Depenalization Measure
Legislation to depenalize marijuana possession offenses was never acted on this legislative session. House Bill 4021 would have removed cannabis from the Florida state schedule of controlled substances and removed all state criminal and civil penalties associated with the substance. “We have a lot of people in prison for drug charges and non-violent charges, and I … Continue reading
Missouri: Lawmakers Fail To Act On Legalization Measure
Lawmakers failed to act on legislation, Senate Bill 762, to permit for the personal possession and retail sale of marijuana by those age 21 and over. The measure sought to permit adults the right to privately possess up to one ounce of cannabis without penalty. It also sought to license the commercial production and to regulate … Continue reading
Missouri: Lawmakers Fail To Consider Bill to Exempt Marijuana from Certain Forfeiture Provisions
Senate Bill 761 was prefiled in the Missouri legislature to exempt marijuana from certain forfeiture provisions relating to controlled substances, however lawmakers failed to consider it this legislative session. “Under current law, illegal controlled substances, anything of value exchanged for a controlled substance in violation of the law, money used to facilitate a violation of … Continue reading
