A California Senate-passed bill to legalize the possession and facilitated use of certain psychedelics is officially heading to the Assembly floor after being approved by a third committee in the chamber, albeit with several substantive amendments.
The Assembly Appropriations Committee also cleared a separate Senate-passed measure on Friday that would prohibit employers from asking job applicants about prior marijuana use. The panel adopted technical amendments, so it will need to return to the Senate for concurrence before moving to the floor.
The psychedelics legislation from Sen. Scott Wiener (D) advanced through the panel after members adopted a number of changes, which, according to the chairman’s brief description, would “strike provisions regarding transfer of substance, modify provisions decriminalizing therapeutic use, make other amendments to delay the decriminalization of personal use and reduce personal possession amounts, among other changes.”
“I’m thrilled this important bill is moving forward and grateful to the committee for passing it,” Wiener told Marijuana Moment on Friday. “We’re working hard to pass it on the Assembly floor.”
The senator previously expressed some concerns about the measure’s path in the Assembly, calling it a “challenging road” at one point, but he said in advance of the hearing that he
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