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House committee scales back HB 4139, debates shifting marijuana tax dollars toward enforcement
Summary
The committee adopted dash-3 narrowing provisions in HB 4139 and debated a proposal to increase enforcement grant funding — raising quarterly distributions from $750,000 to $3,000,000 — with members split over diverting funds from behavioral health programs; the bill was referred to Ways and Means.
Staff summarized the dash-3 amendment to HB 4139, saying the amendment significantly narrowed the original omnibus bill and included: (1) additional professional discretion for medical providers in prescribing medical marijuana; (2) conforming statutory changes including repeal of ORS 475C.913; and (3) an increase in funding for the legal marijuana market enforcement grant program from $6,000,000 to $24,000,000 per biennium.
Representative Isidore said she would vote "no" on the…
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