A New Hampshire marijuana legalization bill already passed by the House of Representatives landed in a Senate committee on Thursday, where opponents of the current version—including Sen. Daryl Abbas (R) and Senate President Jeb Bradley (R)—unveiled amendments that would revise major portions of the proposal.
The panel also heard three other cannabis-related measures, including a proposal to double the amount that medical patients can possess as well as a plan to provide legal relief for people with past marijuana convictions.
Despite the eagerness of some on the Senate Judiciary Committee to make adjustments to the legalization bill, its sponsor, Rep. Erica Layon (R), warned the panel that senators shouldn’t assume that House lawmakers will sign off on any proposed changes, including plans to jail people for public consumption of marijuana.
“We need to be careful that we don’t take the House’s support for granted,” Layon warned senators, saying some changes could cause House members to sour on the bill.
“Given the fact that we need to agree between two bodies and also the person who signs the bill, there are a lot of constraints,” Layon said, describing the House-passed version as “a delicate tightrope walk that will get us to where
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