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By ANDY TSUBASA FIELDMay 7, 2021 GMT
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas House voted for the first time Thursday to legalize medical marijuana in the state, but Republican leaders signaled the Senate wouldn’t consider the bill in the final days of the legislative session.
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Before the House advanced the measure on a 79-42 vote, Senate President Ty Masterson’s spokesperson, Mike Pirner, told The Associated Press that a budget bill and school funding legislation have emerged as higher priorities for the Senate this week.
Thirty-six states allow medical marijuana and Kansas is only one of three states that doesn’t have a comprehensive medical or recreational marijuana program or allow limited medical use of low THC cannabidiol products, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures website. Some Kansas lawmakers in favor of the bill said the state shouldn’t wait for the federal government to act.
Kansas House approves medical marijuana bill, but the Senate isn’t planning to debate it
By the Associated Press:
A bill to legalize medical marijuana has passed in the Kansas House for the first time, but the Senate isn’t expected to consider it in the final days of the annual session.
Kansas House members on Thursday voted 79-42 to advance the measure to the Senate for consideration.
Although some legalization advocates were hopeful that strong support for the bill among Republicans in the House would spur Senate leaders to debate it this session, Senate President Ty Masterson’s spokesperson, Mike Pirner, told The Associated Press that a budget bill and school funding legislation have taken priority this week.
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1of5Kansas state Sens. Molly Baumgardner, left, R-Louisburg; Renee Erickson, center, R-Wichita, and Dinah Sykes, D-Lenexa, huddle during talks with the House over the final version of school funding and education policy legislation, Thursday, May 6, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Their talks are under way even though Republican legislative leaders and Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly have not struck a deal on education issues.John Hanna/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5Kansas state Rep. Kristey Williams, R-Augusta, follows comments from senators during negotiations between the House and Senate over education funding and policy, Thursday, May 6, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Williams is the chair of a House committee on education spending and is working to tie funding for public schools to proposals to help some parents send their children
TOPEKA, Kan. A bill to legalize medical marijuana has passed in the Kansas House for the first time, but the Senate isn’t expected to consider it in the final days of the annual session.
Kansas House members on Thursday voted 79-42 to advance the measure to the Senate for consideration. Although some legalization advocates were hopeful that strong support for the bill among Republicans in the House would spur Senate leaders to debate it this session, Senate President Ty Masterson’s spokesperson, Mike Pirner, told The Associated Press that a budget bill and school funding legislation have taken priority this week.