Medical marijuana bill dead for 2023 in Kansas, key Republican saysPosted by On


A key Kansas Senate Republican proclaimed the potential legalization of medical marijuana dead Thursday, despite the hopes of advocates from across the state.

A key Kansas Senate Republican proclaimed the potential legalization of medical marijuana dead Thursday, saying his committee had “bigger fish to fry” and that outstanding questions on the policy’s merits remained.

The development, which came after two days of hearings on the issue, will mark 2023 as the third straight year where the issue of legalization languished in the Senate.

It will be viewed as a major blow for advocates, who hoped that a more robust lobbyist effort and popular support for legalization across the state would be enough to get a bill to Gov. Laura Kelly’s desk.

But Sen. Mike Thompson, R-Shawnee, told reporters that it wasn’t to be, with his comments coming moments after the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee he chairs voted to table the bill in an unscheduled move.

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