As the sponsor of a bill to legalize marijuana in New Hampshire that has already won initial House approval works to tailor her proposal to better fit the demands of a skeptical Gov. Chris Sununu (R), a senator who led an ill-fated study commission on cannabis legalization last year is offering an alternative legalization plan.
At a hearing of a House Finance Committee panel on Wednesday, lawmakers considered not only the new changes from the legalization bill’s sponsor, Rep. Erica Layon (R), but also a franchise-based alternative put forward by Sen. Daryl Abbas (R).
Both sets of changes are designed to build support among Senate leaders as well as the governor—whom lawmakers referred to repeatedly at the hearing.
“We need a bill that gets 201 House votes, 13 Senate votes and gets signed by one person,” said Rep. Joe Sweeney (R), asking Layon of her bill: “This gets signed by that one person?”
“Yes,” the bill’s sponsor responded. “I believe that it can, and I will continue talking with him through next week and try to get him to have a firm statement of yes.”
“Have you talked to him about this proposal?” Sweeney asked.
“I’ve been trying,” Layon replied.
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