With bicameral negotiators from New Hampshire’s House and Senate having struck a deal last week on a marijuana legalization bill, the compromise heads to the floor of each chamber on Thursday for final up-or-down votes. If the measure ultimately proceeds to Gov. Chris Sununu’s (R) desk and becomes law, it would make New Hampshire the 25th state in the U.S. to legalize cannabis for adults.
Members of both chambers, however, have indicated disappointment with the legislation as it came out of the conference committee last week. And some who support legalization in general have said they plan to vote against it.
The House sponsor of the bill, Rep. Erica Layon (R) told Marijuana Moment that she’s warmed on the conference committee’s compromise bill since last week’s bargain, but she still thinks there’s “a big chance” that her colleagues will reject it.
“We had an agreement of four House members and three senators to sign off on the committee of conference,” Layon said. “Just because they agreed doesn’t mean that the full House or the full Senate will agree. Quite often things are defeated when they come back.”
“I still think it’s going to be a toss up as to whether
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