Lawmaker hopes ‘conservative’ medical marijuana bill can pass in Nebraska Legislature
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana February 10, 2023 MJ Shareholders 0
A Nebraska lawmaker has crafted what she called one of the most “conservative” medical marijuana bills in the country in hopes of overcoming obstacles that torched previous attempts at legalization.
Legislative Bill 588, dubbed the “Medicinal Cannabis Act,” is one of three bills that would legalize some form of marijuana that will be debated in the Nebraska Legislature this year. The bill would legalize marijuana for medical use, and was the subject of a three-hour public hearing in the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee Thursday morning.
The introducer, State Sen. Anna Wishart of Lincoln, has made multiple attempts to legalize medical marijuana through legislation and ballot initiatives. Last year, she led a petition drive that failed to gather enough votes to make it on the November ballot. In 2020, she led another petition effort, but that initiative was disqualified from the ballot by a State Supreme Court decision because it contained more than one subject.
After the 2022 initiative failed, Wishart vowed to introduce a bill that would accomplish the same thing this session. And during Thursday’s hearing, Wishart vowed that she will lead another initiative to try to get it onto the 2024 ballot if LB 588 fails.
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