One day after the Minnesota House approved a marijuana legalization bill, the Senate companion version cleared its final committee in that chamber, sending it to the floor.
The Senate Finance Committee passed the legislation from Sen. Lindsey Port (D) in a voice vote on Wednesday.
That marked the 13th and final panel in the body to advance the measure. The House bill went through 15 committees before being approved on the floor on Monday.
“It’s a very complex bill,” Port told members of the panel. “Its entire goal is to legalize, regulate and expunge.”
“I’ve held over 100 meetings on this bill and have been willing to work with anyone who’s brought amendments to me to make sure that we are building the strongest bill for Minnesotans, to have a process that is unique to Minnesota and that addresses the needs of Minnesota communities,” she said.
The committee took a procedural step to use the now House-passed bill as the vehicle to consider legalization in the Senate from this point forward, rather than sending the original bill to the floor of the body—though the legislation has now been amended with the Senate’s language.
Both bills have been
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