On Wednesday night, lawmakers debated the bill past 1 a.m. Some lawmakers had lots of questions about House Bill 12, including over what appears to be typos.
Other concerns include whether regulations are too overbearing, how small growers will be able to break in to the industry, equity aspects, and whether parents would be able to give weed to their kids. Some lawmakers said weed should only be given to children in medical situations.
“Any time government is in charge of micromanaging anything they foul it up and really cause more problems than they solve,” said Sen. Cliff Pirtle (R-District 32).
If the bill changes to Sen. Pirtle’s liking, KOB 4 asked if he could see himself supporting the bill.
“You know, I can. If we can get this piece of legislation to something I’m comfortable with, I would be more than happy to support it,” he said.
Before Thursday’s debate on the bill, Democratic State Rep. Andrea Romero (D-District 46) said she was cautiously optimistic, and that the party would be open to changes.
“We’re still looking forward to what the full Senate has to say about it. We did include many different amendments since we’ve been on the Senate side, so we hope that we can have that dialogue about how the bill has been strengthened further,” said Rep. Romero, a cosponsor of the bill.
Some aspects of the bill could be up for more debate, but supporters said some of those concerns are off-base. For example,…
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On Wednesday night, lawmakers debated the bill past 1 a.m. Some lawmakers had lots of questions about House Bill 12, including over what appears to be typos.
Other concerns include whether regulations are too overbearing, how small growers will be able to break in to the industry, equity aspects, and whether parents would be able to give weed to their kids. Some lawmakers said weed should only be given to children in medical situations.
“Any time government is in charge of micromanaging anything they foul it up and really cause more problems than they solve,” said Sen. Cliff Pirtle (R-District 32).
If the bill changes to Sen. Pirtle’s liking, KOB 4 asked if he could see himself supporting the bill.
“You know, I can. If we can get this piece of legislation to something I’m comfortable with, I would be more than happy to support it,” he said.
Before Thursday’s debate on the bill, Democratic State Rep. Andrea Romero (D-District 46) said she was cautiously optimistic, and that the party would be open to changes.
“We’re still looking forward to what the full Senate has to say about it. We did include many different amendments since we’ve been on the Senate side, so we hope that we can have that dialogue about how the bill has been strengthened further,” said Rep. Romero, a cosponsor of the bill.
Some aspects of the bill could be up for more debate, but supporters said some of those concerns are off-base. For example,…
