North Carolina House lawmakers took up a Senate-passed medical marijuana legalization bill in committee on Tuesday, discussing the reform proposal that advocates hope to see advanced to the floor and the governor’s desk this session.
The legislation from Sen. Bill Rabon (R) passed the Senate in March before being transferred to the House, where it’s now received a hearing in the Health Committee, which took testimony but did not vote on the measure. If the bill ultimately moves through the panel at a subsequent meeting, it would still need to clear two additional committees before reaching the floor.
The chances of that happening this session are “better” than ever before, according to House Speaker Tim Moore (R). While medical cannabis reform has stalled in the chamber in past sessions, he said last month that “there is a decent amount of support” for the issue in his caucus.
Moore previously said that the dynamics around marijuana reform have changed, with “a lot of new members.” He said that more than 50 percent of his chamber now supports medical cannabis and he would “not be surprised at all if that bill moved.”
The bill would allow patients with qualifying conditions such as cancer, epilepsy,
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