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The act was passed with a 24–10 majority by the House Judiciary Committee following markup on November 20, 2019. [8] [9] Only two Republicans voted in favor. [5] This was the first time in history a congressional committee approved a bill to end federal marijuana prohibition.
On January 3, Erica Layon (R) introduced New Hampshire HB 1633, adult-use legalization. [30] [31] The bill passed by 239-136 house vote on April 11, 2024. [32] It was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 8, with 36 pages of amendments, [33] then passed by the senate on May 16. [34] An amended bill was returned from bicameral ...
Arizona also passes a medical cannabis ballot measure, but it is rendered ineffective on a technicality. [29] 1998: Oregon, Alaska, and Washington all legalize medical cannabis through ballot measure. [30] Nevada also passes a medical cannabis initiative, but it requires second approval in 2000 to become law, as per the state constitution. [31]
A bill to decriminalize marijuana passed a chamber of Congress for the first time ever Friday, as Democrats and a handful of Republicans embraced the growing popularity of legal weed and sought to ...
The House of Representatives on Friday is set to vote for the first time on a bill to legalize marijuana at the federal level. Advocates are calling the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and ...
The Virginia Senate passed SB1133, a legalized sales bill, on February 7. [56] In Louisiana, a suite of bills to enact legalization and regulation was prefiled in February: HB-17, HB-24, and HB-12. [57] Kansas House Bill 2363, amnesty or effective decriminalization, was introduced in February. [58] Kansas House Bill 2367, adult-use legalization ...
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act on...
The year 2022 began with several United States cannabis reform proposals pre-filed in 2021 for the upcoming year's legislative session. Among the remaining prohibitionist states, legalization of adult use in Delaware and Oklahoma was considered most likely, and Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island somewhat less likely; medical cannabis in Mississippi was called likely at the beginning ...