IN Vote in a straight line of 102-101Pennsylvania State House of Repressentatines Avanced Bill House 1200 This would legalize recreational marijuana in the community.
This is the farthest cannabis recreational project for adults in the legislative process ten years ago, you legalize medical marijuana.
The bill now goes to the Senate, where it stands in the face of unyielding winds of a majority of 27-23 GOP in the chamber.
“For too long, the ban on cannabis was used as a weapon against black and brown communities. Today we took a big step towards significant repair and permanent justice,” a competition Rep. Rick Krajewski (D-philadelphia) he said. “This act consists in building a legal market that puts Pennsylvania working first, providing hundreds of millions of districts most devastated by criminalization and preventing the harmful takeover of the corporate market.”
“This is the victory of common sense, public health and communities that have paid the highest price in the ban,” said Rep. And Frankel (D-Allegheny), which is chaired by the House Health Committee. “We cannot allow the mistakes of other states to stop us from the end of the harmful policy of the prohibition of cannabis. Instead, we have the opportunity to chart with a new course that protects public health and brings Pennsylvania benefits, regardless of whether they use cannabis or not.”
Not everyone is in love with the bill, including his supporters such as Responsiblewho called to improve the rules as he was to the Senate.
“The act that leaves the house today is an important first step to prepare a scene for the more significant, double-sided discussions-leading the Senate and the governor as part of continuous budget negotiations. We need to repair this bill because we know most of the Pennsylvanians, opposing the state-owned Maribis retail model. Pennsylvanians.”
Republican leader Jesse Topper (R-Bedford/Fulton) said that the defective trial leading to the House Bill 1200 caused a faulty bill that required objection.
“The draft law on the legalization of marijuana in Pennsylvania was introduced at the end of Sunday, and then gave the voice on Monday afternoon, which suppressed the debate and potential changes,” said Topper. “This defective trial led to a serious defective legislation, which creates an unnecessary government monopoly for the sale of marijuana, contains significant constitutional fears and does not give the promised state income by cannibalization of sales of legalized Maryjana for new programs and state gifts.
“If the Democrats seriously stated that the regulations were carried out, the process applied would be reflected,” said Topper. “Unfortunately, this product was too hasty, too deeply defective and too distant to collect all support from the Chamber of Republican Kaucus.”
Supporters say that since the Chamber and Senate carried out six different interrogations on this subject and the Senate in 2024.
Other opponents are the interests of hemp, which claim that the state already has a solid market for medical marijuana, which should be expanded, and that the store model that has not been made in any other condition may lead to criminal liability for the community, because marijuana is still illegal federal.
Governor Josh Shapiro He called for marijuana as part of his state budget.
“Pennsylvania’s families deserve newfangled hemp policy, which reflects science and compassion, not a stigma,” added Frankel. “We are ready to cooperate with our colleagues from the Senate to go through the finish line.”
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