An attempt to advance a South Carolina medical marijuana legalization bill failed in the Senate on Thursday, despite a majority of members voting in favor of the special order motion from the Republican majority leader.
The Senate voted 25-16 in favor of the special order motion from Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey (R) that would have put the S.C. Compassionate Care Act back in play for the 2024 session. It needed at least 28 votes to meet the two-thirds supermajority requirement for special orders, however.
This doesn’t mean that the legislation, sponsored by Sen. Tom Davis (R), won’t be taken up at all this year. But the legislative maneuver from Majority Leader A. Shane Massey (R) to streamline its consideration at Thursday’s meeting came up short.
Senate Medical Affairs Committee Chairman Danny Verdin (R) separately said last month that he wants a “redo” this session to pass the bill. His panel did approve the measure last year, but it didn’t advance through the full chamber by a crossover deadline.
An earlier version of the legislation cleared the full Senate in 2022, only to stall in the House over a procedural hiccup.
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