Lawmakers in four states voted to pass cannabis legalization bills out of committee this month. Floor votes are expected soon.
Gov. David Ige isn't especially supportive of marijuana law reform, however, so advocates aren't sure that he would sign a full legalization bill if one reaches his desk. That said, lawmakers are also advancing more modest legislation to simply decriminalize possession of small amounts of cannabis, and supporters are more hopeful the governor would be on board with that reform.
Gov. Phil Scott , who signed Vermont's existing noncommercial legalization policy into law, says he is reluctant to go further until the state has better technology to detect impaired driving.
While it may end up being the case that not all of these marijuana bills make it to the governors' desks in their respective states—and might not even be signed into law if they arrive there—the fact that legalization legislation is advancing at all is a sign of cannabis's ascendance into mainstream American politics.
According to Marijuana Moment's legislative tracker, state and federal lawmakers are currently considering
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