The Kansas Senate has rejected a motion to revive a medical marijuana legalization bill after a GOP member forced a vote on the issue.
The chamber struck down the motion to take up the bill from Sen. Robert Olson (R) in a 12-25 vote on Friday. This comes weeks after a legislative committee shot down a separate medical cannabis pilot program bill.
The legislation Olson sought to bring up, SB 135, was shelved by a legislative panel a year ago amid pushback from law enforcement.
Sen. Cindy Holscher (D) was among those who voted in favor of the proposal on Friday, and she said that “over the past three weeks, scores of Kansans have reached out to their senator voicing support for medicinal cannabis—as they have done for nearly the past decade.”
“Sadly, supporters have faced many hurdles on this important measure time and time again,” she said. “Today, we’ve been given a unique opportunity to move this measure forward, which is supported by a majority of Kansans.”
Olsen previously backed medical marijuana legalization and said last October that Senate President Ty Masterson (R) removed him as chair of a Senate committee after after he held the hearings on the issue.
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