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Senate pauses medical cannabis cleanup bill after debate over enforcement and withholding state funds
Summary
Senators questioned proposed enforcement language that would allow withholding state funds from political subdivisions that discriminate against medical cannabis cardholders; sponsor said the provision is a backstop and specifics on which funds would be withheld were not set, prompting the Senate to circle the bill for further work.
Senators debated an annual medical cannabis cleanup bill that would adjust ownership disclosure thresholds, add pharmacists to a licensing advisory board and create employee remedies if political subdivisions take adverse action against medical cannabis cardholders.
Sponsor Senator Escamilla said the bill is largely a technical cleanup but includes a new enforcement tool: the state could withhold future funds from…
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