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A hemp farming bill moved to the governor's desk March 1, as the state House joined the Senate in passing legislation to legalize a crop still defined by federal law as a controlled substance. "It's a bright new day for Washington," longtime hemp activist Joy Beckerman said. "We're going to...

The Oregon Legislature has approved a bill to aid the state's fledgling hemp industry, including a local operation near Murphy. The measure now goes to Gov. Kate Brown for her signature. Among provisions in the bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Carl Wilson, R-Grants Pass, is one that addresses a...

The Florida House overwhelming voted Thursday to expand medical marijuana in Florida, teeing up a vote in the Senate on a similar proposal later this week. Lawmakers voted 99-16 to approve a bill (HB 307/HB 1313) to expand the Right to Try Act to include medical cannabis. Under the proposal...

A House committee will hear debate next week on a pair of medical marijuana bills, but one faces a tough battle. Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Saratoga Springs, told FOX 13 that he has been meeting with members of the House Health & Human Services Committee to persuade them to vote for his bill, SB73...

Time is winding down on this legislative session. Lawmakers have not yet debated one of the hottest issues, legalizing medical marijuana. But supporters of the bill are trying to lobby senators in person by showing why they are so passionate about getting this legal in the state. It was an...

The Bellevue parents of an epileptic child are pushing one Bellevue state senator to support another in an attempt to pass a bill legalizing medical marijuana in Nebraska. But State Sen. Sue Crawford remains opposed to a broad legalization of medical marijuana, preferring to limit her support...

If some state legislators have their way, South Carolina patients battling certain illnesses will soon have a new option for treatment: marijuana. The medical affairs committee of the S.C. Senate is considering a bill that would create options for the legal, medicinal use of the drug in South...

On Wednesday, Connecticut's Public Health Committee held a public hearing to discuss a bill legalizing cannabis oil for minors. The bill would only allow the drug in an oil form, containing no more than 0.3 percent THC. The marijuana could not be smoked, inhaled or vaporized. Doctors could...

A bill that would make it easier for some smaller medical marijuana growers to enter the regulated recreational market is headed to the governor's desk after clearing the Oregon House Wednesday. Senate Bill 1598 passed in a 38-20 vote. The Oregon Senate approved the bill earlier this week...

A proposal set to be introduced next week would require schools to allow students to use some forms medical cannabis or risk losing state funding from marijuana taxes. Rep. Jonathan Singer (D-Longmont) passed a similar bill last year, one that gave schools districts the option of allowing a...

The Kansas legislature's turnaround deadline was last week. That means many bills are likely dead for the session, including one to legalize marijuana oil for treating seizures. The oil in question doesn't have enough THC to get people high, but the politics of marijuana make the bill a tough...

A bill that would make it easier for some smaller medical marijuana growers to enter the regulated recreational market cleared the Oregon Senate on Monday. Senate Bill 1598 passed in a 20-8 vote and now heads to the Oregon House. (See related: Oregon Senate signs off on bill allowing...

A state Senate panel will take up a bill Thursday to legalize medical marijuana. The legislation, which senators have been working on since last year, has gained some bipartisan support despite the vehement objections of law enforcement; SLED Chief Mark Keel said in September it was the most...

In a historic vote last week, the House Emerging Issues Committee passed a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in Missouri by an 11-1 vote, the largest margin any measure regarding the topic has ever received in the Missouri House of Representatives. That vote serves as the latest...

House Bill 722 – the proposal that will add autism, AIDS and PTSD to the list of disorders now eligible to use medicinal marijuana – passed the Georgia House of Representatives by a 152-8 vote Monday morning. The vote came on crossover day – halfway through the 2016 legislative session...

Make way, politicos: medical marijuana is coming back to the House floor. The Florida House is ready to take up a bill to legalize medical marijuana for dying patients on Wednesday. The legislation -- HB 307/HB 1313 -- would give patients in the state's "compassionate use" registry the...

Influential Iowa business leaders are urging state legislators to pass a bill that would expand the state's medical marijuana laws. The Des Moines Register reports that more than 90 business leaders sent lawmakers a letter, asking them to debate and pass comprehensive medical cannabis...

Two legislators have filed bills that could create a mechanism that will allow Louisiana to apply the state sales tax to medical marijuana. Taxing any prescription medication in the state is disallowed under the state constitution. So state Rep. Major Thibaut, D-New Roads, has proposed a bill...

A recent poll from UtahPolicy stated that 64 percent of Utahns support a bill to legalize medical marijuana prescribed by licensed doctors. The poll was performed after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made a statement opposing SB73 and raising no objection to SB89. The...

A medical marijuana bill is headed back to the floor of the Florida Senate after being approved in the rules committee Monday. The bill (SB 460) was debated on the Senate floor last week but was referred back to committee because of the number of late amendments sought. When Sen. Rob...