The U.S. Sentencing Commission has voted in favor of a proposal that updates sentencing guidelines to advise judges to treat past offenses related to marijuana in a more lenient manner.
The commission voted in favor of the change today through a unanimous voice vote, while also voting to advise that marijuana possession warrants discretion in regards to sentencing especially given its non-violent nature. The proposed changes have been sent to Congress which has until May 1st to issue any objections. Barring an objection the changes will take effect in November.
The change clarifies that a downward departure from the defendant’s criminal history category may be warranted based on if “the defendant received criminal history points from a sentence for possession of marihuana for personal use, without an intent to sell or distribute it to another person.”
In Colorado although consumers can preorder marijuana through an online menu for pickup, they cannot purchase marijuana online and have it delivered to them. 
House Bill 232 was passed overwhelmingly by both the House of Representatives and Senate. It passed the House last month with just one of 135 votes being “No”. Yesterday it also passed the full Senate 36 to 11. The proposal now goes to Governor Wes Moore, who is expected to sign it into law. Even if Governor Moore was to issue a surprise veto, there’s well more than enough votes to override it with a 2/3rds majority.
The full House passed House Bill 270 last week, which was filed by State Representatives Matt Birong and Mike McCarthy. The proposal has now been sent to the Senate and assigned to the Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs Committee.
The House voted 82 to 5 today to pass House Bill 1784, filed by State Representative Aaron Pilkington. The vote sends the measure to the Senate. Passage in the Senate would put it on the desk of Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders for consideration.
Filed by State Representative John Lively, 
According to the Florida Division of Elections as of the end of March the Smart & Safe Florida campaign has submitted 635,961 valid signatures, just 255,628 short of the amount required to put their marijuana initiative to a vote in November, 2024.
The House Appropriations Committee has voted in favor of 2nd Substitute Senate Bill 5263 (23 to 8), filed by Senator Jesse Salomon along with a coalition of 21 bipartisan cosponsors. The measure has already passed the full Senate 41 to 7, but will need to go back for an additional vote before it can be sent to Governor Jay Inslee given it was amended by a House committee.
Chief State’s Attorney Patrick J. Griffin’s prosecutors reviewed around 4,000 pending drug-possession cases and decided to dismiss 1,562 of them, all related to marijuana charges.