Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have removed proposals to legalize marijuana for recreational and medical use from the governor’s executive budget for the 2023-2025 biennial.
At a hearing of the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee on Tuesday, members voted 12-4 to eliminate numerous provisions of Gov. Tony Evers’s (D) budget request, including measures on legalizing, taxing and regulating cannabis in the state.
The move was expected, as the GOP-controlled legislature has previously stripped marijuana reform language from past executive budgets, and top Republican lawmakers warned that any adult-use legalization proposal would not move through the process this year either.
With a historic $7 billion surplus, we have a historic responsibility and opportunity to invest in needs that have long been neglected and build the future we want for our state. Today, Republicans are rejecting more than 540 priorities for Wisconsin, including:
— Governor Tony Evers (@GovEvers) May 2, 2023
1️⃣4️⃣ Legalizing and Taxing Marijuana
I proposed legalizing and taxing marijuana, much like we already do with alcohol, which would help us compete with other states for talented workers and have more resources to invest in critical state priorities like K-12 education.
— Governor Tony Evers (@GovEvers) May 2, 2023
“It is unfortunate that Republicans
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