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Senate panel approves bill redirecting marijuana excise revenue to conservation, law enforcement and behavioral health
Summary
SB 537 passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee after broad proponent testimony; the bill re-buckets recreational-marijuana excise revenue into a Habitat Legacy account and new law-enforcement and HEART fund allocations.
Senate Bill 537, sponsored by Senator Daniel Zolnikov, would reorganize existing allocations of recreational-marijuana excise taxes to create a Habitat Legacy account and direct portions of the revenue to law-enforcement grants, behavioral-health funds, forensic evidence exam payments and other targeted uses.
Zolnikov said the bill does not change the total amounts…
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