Politics

Update: Governor Branstad signed HF 524 into law on May 12. You can add his statement here. HF 524 repeals and replaces the state’s more restrictive 2014 CBD exemption law, which was set to expire later this year. Update: Governor...

Update: SB 265 failed in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Update: HB 297 and HB 831 were taken off notice for cal. in Criminal Justice committee. Update: HB 831 has been placed on cal. Criminal Justice committee for March 21. Update: HB 297...

Update: Lawmakers have sent a revised depenalization bill to Gov. Scott for his consideration during a special legislative session. The bill would eliminate criminal and civil penalities regarding the possession of up to one ounce of cannabis and/or the cultivation...

Update: Lawmakers failed to reconcile the House and Senate versions of HB 197, killing it for this legislative session. Update: The Senate has passed the amended version of HB 197 by a 20 to 10 vote. The measure now must...

Update: Governor Doug Burgum signed SB 2344 on April 18. You can read the full text of the measure here. Update: Members of the House and Senate have reconciled SB 2344. The measure now awaits action from Gov. Doug Burgum,...

Update: SB 129 was killed in the Senate on Tuesday February 21. More than a dozen lawmakers are backing legislation, Senate Bill 129, to eradicate the state’s marijuana possession by ingestion law. Under the law, one can be charged with a...

Update: HB 173 was signed into law by the Governor on April 12. Update: Members of the Senate passed HB 173 on March 28. It now goes to the Governor who has indicated that he will likely "defer to the...

Update: An additional bill which would reschedule marijuana to a Schedule III drug, HR 2020.  Legislation is pending in the US House, HR 715, to amend the Controlled Substances Act so that marijuana is no longer classified as a Schedule I...

Update: HJR 11 was tabled on February 3. It will not be considered any further this session.  ------ Wyoming lawmakers are debating HJR 11, a joint resolution to legalize marijuana for adults over the age of 21. This resolution legalizes and regulates...

Update: Members of the Committee on Federal and State Affairs decided on March 10 to move forward with substitute language which only permits physicians to recommend “non-intoxicating cannabinoid medicines.” Based on these changes, NORML is now of the belief...