A top North Carolina lawmaker says that he’s “very sure” that a Senate-passed medical marijuana legalization bill will not advance in the House this session—even amid strong-arm tactics launched by the other chamber to force the issue—though he said legislators would likely return to it during next year’s short session.
House Majority Leader John Bell (R) said in an interview with Spectrum News on Monday that there’s “still discussions going on” about the cannabis measure, but Republican lawmakers “unfortunately did not have the votes to move forward in the House.”
“I’m very sure you won’t see that bill move this session,” he said. “But we do have a group of members that are very passionate about it. They’re continuing working through that bill, and I do think it’ll get to come back in the short session.”
“It’s a policy change—a major policy change here in the state—and there’s passion on both sides,” Bell said. “We have members of our caucus that are 100 percent supportive of it and we have other members that are 100 percent against it. And so [lawmakers are] trying to find an agreement if there even is an agreement.”
House Speaker Tim Moore
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