Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader says he now plans to unveil a restrictive medical marijuana bill next month, and he believes it will have enough support to move through both chambers of the GOP-controlled legislature in 2024.
In a series of end-of-year interviews with local media outlets that were published on Thursday, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) said the much-anticipated legislation is nearly ready for prime time—the product of extensive internal talks within the Republican caucus over recent months.
As expected, the bill will only provide for limited reform, allowing patients with serious conditions such as cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), HIV and chronic pain to access cannabis products in pill and oil form, he told Wisconsin State Journal.
The text of the proposal has yet to be released, but Vos said it’s being modeled after a conservative medical marijuana law that neighboring Minnesota enacted before adopting more expansive legalization this year.
The speaker said that he recognizes “people have been frustrated because they think it took us too long” to craft the legislation, which has involved six or eight hours-long meetings with lawmakers. Vos himself has previously put forward timelines that didn’t materialize, including an unmet goal to introduce the
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