The House introduced a retail marijuana bill on Friday while a similar Senate bill was being prepped for a committee vote. Neither bill would set taxes high enough to cover costs expected by the Marijuana Commission.
Establishing a retail market for marijuana will lead to increased marketing, which will have an effect on Vermont youth consumption, Vermont Marijuana Commission Vice Chair Jake Perkinson said Tuesday.
S.16, sponsored by Sen. Tim Ashe, would protect vertebrate animals — including lab rats and mice — from being used for non-medical research. At the same time, H.57 would decree that throughout the entire pregnancy, “the fetus shall not have independent rights under Vermont law.”
New House bills would make hard drug possession a misdemeanor, ban teacher strikes, create universal primary care, join multi-state cap and trade, and more.
If the Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee approves S.54, creating a retail market for marijuana, Chair Dick Sears and his committee can’t say they weren’t warned about its deadly threat to Vermonters.
Next week, the House Human Services and Judiciary committees will hold a formal public hearing on H.57. The hearing is scheduled for 4:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6 at the Statehouse. All Vermonters are welcome to attend and testify.
Bills introduced in the Vermont House would allow gun suppressors for hunting, prohibit female genital mutilation, oversee dangerous household products, prohibit plastic straws and takeout bags at restaurants, and define “milk.”
In this Statehouse Headliners, lawmakers are set to discuss retail pot in the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, while members of the House Human Services Committee will focus on a controversial “fundamental right” to abortion.
Pot, psychosis, and violence are connected. Heavy pot users are 3-4 times more likely to develop psychosis. People with psychosis are far more prone to violence when they consume drugs — and their favorite drug is marijuana.
The outcry about automated annual car inspections has been so loud that House Transportation Committee sought this week to give car owners merciful relief from the unfeeling, all-seeing eye of the inspection station computer.
New bills introduced in the Vermont Senate would ban 3-D gun printing and animal testing, protect unrestricted abortion, create a public employee health care plan, and more.
This week, many committees are concluding the two-week overture of introductory briefings, and are beginning the first movement: review of bills referred to them by the full House for study and possible action.