A Pennsylvania Senate committee has approved a bill to create a new Cannabis Control Board (CCB) to oversee the state’s medical marijuana program and intoxicating hemp products—for the third time, with new amendments. The body could also one day oversee recreational cannabis if it is legalized in the state.
The Senate Law & Justice Committee voted 7-4 on Monday to advance the legislation back to the floor for consideration. The panel had previously done so in March and, before that, in October—but its sponsor Sen. Dan Laughlin (R), who is also the committee’s chair, has repeatedly brought the measure back to be altered.
This time, senators adopted two amendments to the bill.
One amendment, from Laughlin, specifies that the three members of the CCB who would be appointed by the governor would need to have certain backgrounds—one with law enforcement experience, another with expertise in dealing with addiction and a third with experience in “cannabis matters.”
Laughlin’s amendment also specifies that nothing in the bill “shall be construed to allow the board to authorize the sale of recreational marijuana absent approval by the General Assembly,” and additionally makes technical changes to the legislation.
For too long, intoxicating hemp
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