Every Pennsylvania Democratic senator is joining together in support of a procedural move that aims to increase pressure on Republicans to allow a vote on legalizing marijuana in the state.
Led by Sen. Sharif Street (D), the lawmakers filed what is known as a discharge resolution that seeks to bring a bipartisan cannabis legalization bill out of committee, where it is stuck, and onto the floor for a vote.
The bill in question is sponsored by Street along with Sen. Dan Laughlin (R), who chairs the Senate Law & Justice Committee but hasn’t called the legislation up for consideration in the panel.
The GOP chairman has instead focused on moving a separate bill to create a new Cannabis Control Board to regulate medical marijuana and hemp. That measure failed on the Senate floor earlier this month amid partisan fighting about the best way forward for cannabis in the state.
“The people of Pennsylvania deserve a vote on adult-use cannabis,” Street said when introducing the discharge resolution on Monday. “Not next year, not after another study, not after another election. They deserve a vote now.”
All 23 members of the Senate Democratic caucus are signed onto the resolution, he noted, though
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