Democratic lawmakers in Pennsylvania’s Senate are stepping up the push to legalize marijuana in the state by scheduling a hearing focused on the issue for this week.
The Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee will host the meeting on Friday to “examine modernizing the commonwealth’s adult use cannabis laws,” according to an announcement.
The committee’s chair, Sen. Nick Miller (D) will lead the hearing, alongside Sen. Sharif Street (D), who has long championed marijuana reform and has sponsored several bills to enact legalization.
“The focus will include enforcement and safety needs, social and economic considerations, as well as how to ensure that meaningful criminal justice reform updates are included,” the committee’s announcement said.
The hearing, titled “Adult-Use Cannabis: Criminal Justice, Safety & Economic Impacts,” will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Philadelphia and is set to follow a separate summit event that is part of the 9th annual Cannabis Opportunities Conference that’s also being held at the hotel.
The event comes as Democratic lawmakers in Pennsylvania continue to push for marijuana legalization, including with a discharge resolution that Street filed seeking to bring a bipartisan cannabis legalization bill out of committee.
The measure, which was signed by every
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