Lawmakers in Colombia have advanced a bill to legalize marijuana through its first step in the legislative process.
The First Committee of the House of Representatives approved the measure from Rep. Alejandro Ocampo on Tuesday, sending it to the full chamber for consideration. If approved there, the legislation would then go to the Senate for two additional votes.
“We just approved the regulation of cannabis in the first debate. It’s time to regulate. We’re going to regulate everything from seed to finished product,” Ocampo said in a social media post. “We’re going to keep marijuana off the streets so that it can only be sold in places where you have to show your ID, have a permit, and have a license.”
The bill will “help homeless people, help farmers and indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities who have lived with this plant for many years,” he said.
¡Lo logramos!
Fue aprobado nuestro proyecto de ley de cannabis
Seguimos avanzando hacia una política más justa y moderna para Colombia. pic.twitter.com/lUH2b2oS05
— Alejandro Ocampo (@alejoocampog) May 12, 2026
Colombian lawmakers have considered cannabis legalization legislation over multiple recent sessions, with one such proposal to insert the reform into the nation’s constitution falling
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