After a tumultuous journey through the Montana Legislature and state courts, a once-popular bill to allocate millions from marijuana tax revenue for conservation and county road improvement projects has failed.
Just 24 senators and 41 representatives voted in favor of overriding the veto, which needed the support of two-thirds of both chambers in order to pass, and 68 lawmakers did not cast a ballot.
After a tumultuous journey through the Montana Legislature and state courts, a once-popular bill to allocate millions from marijuana tax revenue for conservation and county road improvement projects has failed.
Nearly a year after Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed a widely supported, bipartisan bill to redistribute Montana’s marijuana revenue and send millions to fund county road projects just as the Senate
Nearly a year after Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed a widely supported, bipartisan bill to redistribute Montana’s marijuana revenue and send millions to fund county road projects just as the Senate adjourned for the session, the veto will stand. Lawmakers failed to override the veto of Senate Bill 442, according to polling results released Friday afternoon […] The post Override poll for Gianforte’s veto of marijuana revenue redistribution bill fails appeared first on Daily Montanan.