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.[ATTACH=full]19451[/ATTACH].Ohio: Senate Republicans Advance Bill Amending Voter Approved Marijuana Legalization LawFebruary 26, 2025."Members of the state Senate voted 23 to 9 along party lines in favor of a substitute version of SB 56, which amends and rescinds several provisions in the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law. Republicans possess super-majority control of the chamber. All nine Democrats voted against the bill..The bill reduces the number of plants adults may cultivate at home, sets an arbitrary cap on the total number of retailers allowed statewide, imposes potency restrictions on cannabis products, allots taxes from retail sales into the general fund rather than to allocated programs, and provides new penalties for adults who share their cannabis with other consumers, among other changes. It would also ban Ohioans from possessing marijuana that they purchased in another state and brought back over state lines..This legislative effort marks the second time since the law’s passage that Republican lawmakers have sought to either repeal or amend many of its provisions.".
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Ohio:
Senate Republicans Advance Bill Amending Voter Approved
Marijuana Legalization Law
February 26, 2025
"Members of the state Senate voted 23 to 9 along party lines in favor of a substitute version of SB 56, which amends and rescinds several provisions in the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law. Republicans possess super-majority control of the chamber. All nine Democrats voted against the bill.
The bill reduces the number of plants adults may cultivate at home, sets an arbitrary cap on the total number of retailers allowed statewide, imposes potency restrictions on cannabis products, allots taxes from retail sales into the general fund rather than to allocated programs, and provides new penalties for adults who share their cannabis with other consumers, among other changes. It would also ban Ohioans from possessing marijuana that they purchased in another state and brought back over state lines.
This legislative effort marks the second time since the law’s passage that Republican lawmakers have sought to either repeal or amend many of its provisions."
