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Marijuana legalization bills are released from House committees in Delaware

A renewed effort to legalize marijuana by separating proposed legislation takes its first step in the House - with two new bills released from committee. Legislation to legalize possession of one ounce or less of marijuana clears the House Health…

Competing Georgia medical marijuana production bills advance

Lawmakers tried to revive Georgia’s stalled medical marijuana program Tuesday, advancing different bills through the state House and Senate that aim to issue licenses for businesses to manufacture and sell the medicine. Both measures attempt to jump-start cannabis oil production following delays…

South Dakota sees freight train of marijuana-related bills ahead of 2022 legislative session

A week out from the 2022 legislative session in South Dakota, there are 38 bills posted -- nearly three-fourths of them related to cannabis. If residents thought the weed wars of 2021 -- a recreational marijuana measure and court overturning an…

Most marijuana reform bills go up in smoke at Texas Legislature

After an 87th Legislature that saw Texas lawmakers introduce some 60 bills related to reforming the state’s marijuana laws, only two made it to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. While pro-marijuana advocates saw cannabis-related bills “moving like never before” this session,…

America’s most conservative states are embracing medical pot

Many of the nation’s medical marijuana holdouts are giving in as pot activists make inroads this year with conservative strongholds — and are poised to notch more wins in the coming weeks. Medical marijuana bills are advancing in the Republican-controlled…

Lawmakers Grind Through Marijuana Implementation Amendments In Montana

Senators on a special committee will attempt to roll three bills into one to build Montana’s recreational marijuana program. Sen. Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton is the chair of the committee tasked with implementing the legalization of recreational marijuana, which voters approved…

Texas’ odds for marijuana law reform? Depends on who you ask.

March 23, 2021
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While proponents of marijuana law reform in Texas are hoping bipartisan efforts this session lead to greater access to recreational and medical cannabis, that may not be likely. A report from the news site Marijuana Moment shows that top state lawmakers do…

More than a dozen marijuana bills were filed in the Tennessee legislature. Here’s what they’d change

At least 17 pieces of legislation related to marijuana have been introduced this year in Tennessee. Many of those bills pertain to medical cannabis, while others seek to reduce penalties for marijuana possession. Neither approach is likely to succeed this year,…

Marijuana bills in flux as Virginia’s legislative session nears end

February 26, 2021
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An effort to legalize marijuana in Virginia is coming down to the final days of the General Assembly session, as House and Senate negotiators try to reconcile competing plans. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) called for legalization in November, following the…

N.J. lawmakers whipping votes for recreational marijuana deal as deadline looms

February 19, 2021
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Lawmakers in New Jersey have shaken up their legislative agenda for the rest of the week to accommodate what could be the final deal on legalizing recreational marijuana in the state. Voters approved legal recreational marijuana in the November election,…

N.J.’s cannabis industry is set to take off. Who can play? What do employers need to know?

December 29, 2020
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to sign two bills before New Year’s Day that will give birth to a new recreational marijuana industry in the Garden State and decriminalize the possession of up to six ounces of cannabis. The bills,…

Legislators discuss legalizing medical marijuana in effort to keep out of Constitution

By the time competing proposals to legalize medical marijuana appear on Mississippi’s November general election ballot, it could already be the law of the land – of the state anyway. Earlier this year, legislators passed a medical marijuana alternative to…

Marijuana legislation rolling along in Hawaii

About one-third of the marijuana-related bills introduced in the state Legislature this year have successfully passed the halfway point before possibly becoming law. Thursday marked the deadline for all bills to cross over into their nonoriginating chamber — that is,…

North Dakota House passes number of medical marijuana bills

The North Dakota House on Monday passed a series of bills aimed at expanding the state's medical marijuana law. Lawmakers passed four bills that would amend the state's medical marijuana law, including one that would add 13 new medical conditions…

Medical Marijuana To Expand In Louisiana

Two bills expanding medical marijuana in Louisiana will become law after Gov. John Bel Edwards signs the last one this weekend. House Bill 579 by Rep. Ted James, D-Baton Rouge, adds Parkinson's, glaucoma, severe muscle spasms, chronic pain and post traumatic…