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House lawmakers unanimously passed a bill Friday that would authorize the Board of Agriculture to regulate the growing of industrial hemp for research purposes. House Bill 2555, introduced by Rep. Kaniela Ing and 34 other co-signers, will now cross over to the Senate for its consideration...

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...

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...

Pennsylvania's bill to create a medical marijuana program is nearing a vote in the state House of Representatives, where amendments to the proposal abound. House Majority Leader David Reed, R-Indiana, plans to bring the measure, Senate Bill 3, up for a vote when members return from recess the...

The Utah Senate on Monday voted to advance Senate Bill 73 [materials], which would legalize the use of medical marijuana in various forms such as vapor or edible form. The bill allows [AP report] for dispensaries to operate legally as long as they abide by statutory guidelines concerning...

More than 20 revisions filed to a medical marijuana bill giving terminally ill individuals access to cannabis caused the legislation to be temporarily postponed in a busy Senate session on Tuesday. While SB 460 remains on the list of legislation still to be discussed on the Senate floor...

Wyoming lawmakers are struggling with how to craft legislation regulating marijuana brownies and other foods and beverages containing the drug. The Wyoming Senate on Monday voted to advance a bill making possession of more than 3 ounces of marijuana edibles a felony. However, senators...

The full Senate is slated Tuesday to take up a bill that would allow patients with terminal illnesses to have access to medical marijuana. The bill (SB 460), sponsored by Regulated Industries Chairman Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Island, would add marijuana to a 2015 law known as the "Right to Try...

We were prepared to use this space to issue a call for state lawmakers to embrace compromise when discussing and voting on the topic of medical marijuana during the current 2016 legislative session. Then, we received a pleasant surprise Friday when the members of the Utah State Senate...

With the Utah State Legislature past the halfway mark of its session, Cache County's legislators held to a common theme in their reports at the weekly constituent meeting Saturday morning: money. "One thing I've always said when you're looking at who's supporting what issue is to follow the...

The Utah Senate could urge Congress to change marijuana's status on the national drug schedule, which could open the door to medical marijuana research in Utah. Senate Concurrent Resolution 11, sponsored by Sen. Brian Shiozawa (R-Salt Lake), would require the approval of the full legislature...

South Dakota legislators are headed back to the state capitol with many hot topics on the agenda this week. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee is debating a bill that could legalize medical marijuana. Senator Alan Solano of Rapid City says the bill extensively outlines the...

Olympia — The Washington Senate has passed a bill that would allow people to grow industrial hemp as an agricultural product, but only as part of a research program. Senate Bill 6206 passed the full Senate on a 48-1 vote Thursday. The measure would allow Washington State University to study...

Two very different bills that would make medical marijuana available to small percentages of Utahns cleared their first hurdles at the Utah Legislature on Thursday. Two-hour committee hearings for each bill ended with the approval of lawmakers and an appointment on the Senate floor to continue...

Utah Senate passed two bills through committees Thursday that could legalize marijuana. Senate Bill 89 and Senate Bill 73 deal with different aspects of legalization. Several Utahns told stories of how they suffer with medical conditions that have been seriously helped by medial pot. Senate...

The California Senate has approved a bill aimed at slowing a rush of cities and counties racing to ban marijuana cultivation. The Senate backed the measure in a 35-3 vote on Monday, sending it to the Assembly. AB21 corrects what lawmakers say was a mistake in medical marijuana regulations...

The Senate has snuffed out another attempt to open the door to medical marijuana in Indiana. Portage Democrat Karen Tallian has authored bills in past years to decriminalize pot or allow medical marijuana. This time, she tried instead to allow people with valid prescriptions from other states...

Washington: Lawmakers Hear Testimony on Measures to Permit Home Cultivation Legislation to allow adults to legally cultivate personal use amounts of marijuana is pending in the House and Senate. Senate Bill 6083 permits adults to grow up to six plants per domicile. House companion...

New Jersey lawmakers will consider the possibility Monday of legalizing recreational marijuana use in the state. The state Senate is holding a judiciary hearing on the hot-button issue, WCBS 880's Levon Putney reported. Lawmakers are closely studying Colorado, Oregon and Washington, where...

Just in time for Veterans Day, the Senate passed the Fiscal Year 2016 Military Construction and Veteran Affairs (MilCon-VA) Appropriations Bill, which will include a stipulation for the first time ever to allow doctors in the Veterans Administration to recommend medical marijuana to their...