Texas Senate Passes Bill To Ban Cities From Putting Marijuana Decriminalization Initiatives On Local Ballots

Texas Senate Passes Bill To Ban Cities From Putting Marijuana Decriminalization Initiatives On Local Ballots

The Texas Senate has approved a bill that would prohibit cities from putting any citizen initiative on local ballots that would decriminalize marijuana or other controlled substances—as several localities have already done despite lawsuits from the state attorney general. The legislation from Sen. Charles Perry (R) is responsive to those local reforms, and it passed the chamber on Wednesday in a 23-8 vote. It now heads to the House of Representa…

Texas Senate Passes Bill to Block Local Marijuana Decriminalization Efforts

The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information The Texas Senate has passed a bill that would effectively ban cities and counties from adopting or enforcing any measure that limits drug law enforcement, including efforts to decriminalize marijuana. Texas Senate Chambers. Senate Bill 1870 was approved by a 23 to 8 vote and now moves to the House of Representatives for consideration. The legislation, filed by Senator Charles Perry (R), would…

Texas Senate Passes Bill To Ban Cities From Putting Marijuana Decriminalization Initiatives On Local Ballots - Cannabis News World

The Texas Senate has approved a bill that would prohibit cities from putting any citizen initiative on local ballots that would decriminalize marijuana or other controlled substances—as several localities have already done despite lawsuits from the state attorney general. The legislation from Sen. Charles Perry (R) is responsive to those local reforms, and it passed The post Texas Senate Passes Bill To Ban Cities From Putting Marijuana Decrimina…