Mar 19 2025
Hawaii’s Senate Health and Human Services and Commerce and Consumer Protection committees approved an amended version of House Bill 302 today, advancing a measure that would expand access to medical marijuana in the state. The bill, introduced in January with eight sponsors, would allow doctors and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to certify patients for …
Mar 19 2025
A group of eight Rhode Island senators have filed legislation that would require certain healthcare facilities to allow terminally ill patients to use medical marijuana. Senate Bill 847, filed today, has been referred to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee for consideration. The proposal serves as a companion to House Bill 5630, introduced in …
Mar 19 2025
A trio of senators in North Carolina filed the Marijuana Justice and Reinvestment Act today, a proposal to legalize recreational cannabis that was filed in the House on Monday (currently with 17 sponsors). Senators Graig Meyer (D), Jay Chaudhuri (D), and Natalie Murdock (D) introduced the Senate version of the bill, mirroring the House proposal. …
Mar 19 2025
An Iowa bill to legalize psilocybin for those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been scheduled for a public hearing on March 25 at 12:00PM. The hearing on House File 620, sponsored by Representative John Wills (R), is being held by the House Ways and Means Subcommittee in House Lounge 2. The proposed law would …
Mar 19 2025
The Texas Senate has approved Senate Bill 3 in a 24 to 7 vote, advancing legislation that would ban THC in all consumable hemp products. Filed by Republican Senators Charles Perry, Donna Campbell, and Brent Hagenbuch, SB 3 would outlaw any hemp-derived product containing cannabinoids other than cannabidiol (CBD) or cannabigerol (CBG). This prohibition would …
Mar 19 2025
France has moved closer to allowing medical marijuana by sending two key proposals to the European Commission that would set rules for its production and distribution. This notification, submitted on March 19 through the Technical Regulation Information System (TRIS) procedure, is a required step before the country can fully incorporate medical marijuana into its legal …
Mar 19 2025
A Connecticut legislative committee has approved a bill designed to strengthen labor protections for cannabis industry employees. The House Labor and Public Employees Committee voted 9 to 4 yesterday in favor of a substitute version of House Bill 6842, which mandates that cannabis businesses enter into labor peace agreements and prohibits employers from factoring gratuities …
Mar 19 2025
A new poll has found that a majority of Utah voters support legalizing recreational marijuana. While Utah currently allows medical marijuana, recreational use remains illegal. The poll, conducted by Noble Predictive Insights and commissioned by Keep Utah Medical, found that 52% of Utah voters back legalization, 38% oppose it, and 9% are undecided. Keep Utah …
Mar 19 2025
Legislation in North Carolina that would legalize adult-use cannabis for those 21 and older, including establishing a licensed and regulated system of marijuana businesses, now has 13 sponsors. House Bill 413 was filed on Monday by a coalition of six Democratic lawmakers. In the two days since being filed, the measure has garnered seven additional …
Mar 19 2025
The New Mexico House of Representatives has passed legislation to legalize medical psilocybin, sending the measure to Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for consideration. The House voted 56 to 8 today in favor of Senate Bill 219, the Medical Psilocybin Act, which previously cleared the Senate with a 33 to 4 vote. The proposal was filed …
