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Missouri House Committee Hears Marijuana Decriminalization Testimony

May 18th

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JEFFERSON CITY, MO — A committee in the Missouri House heard testimony on a bill to decriminalize the possession of up to 35 grams of marijuana Friday, but the hearing came too late in the legislative season for the bill to advance any further this year.

Testimony on House Bill 512 was heard by the Downsizing State Government Committee on the final day of the legislative session, eliminating the possibility that the full House of Representatives will vote on the bill this year.  Nevertheless, marijuana reform activists are calling the hearing a “win.”

 

“Receiving a hearing lends greater credibility to the bill and will likely make more legislators receptive to the idea next year,” says John Payne of Missouri’s Show Me Cannabis.  “Political progress often feels almost interminably slow, but make no mistake, we are moving steadily forward.”

The bill would have made the possession of up to 35 grams (about 1.2 ounces) of marijuana or pot paraphernalia punishable only by a $250 fine, but it would still be a criminal offense—a class . . . . . READ MORE

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Oregon Marijuana Penalty Reduction Bills Advancing

May 13th

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SALEM, OR —  Two bills working their way through the Oregon legislature would significantly reduce penalties for marijuana possession offenses in Oregon.

Senate Bill 40 would reclassify marijuana offenses involving the possession of over one ounce, but less than four ounces of marijuana from a Class C felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, to a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by a maximum prison sentence of six months.  Possession of one ounce or less of marijuana in Oregon has already been reduced to a  misdemeanor that carries no possible jail time. The maximum fine for possession of up to one ounce of marijuana in Oregon is $1,000.

It also reclassifies offenses involving the possession of less than 1/4 ounce of hashish from a felony to a misdemeanor.

Senate Bill 40 passed the full Senate by a vote of 22-7 in late April, and is scheduled  for a work session in the House Judiciary Committee this week.

The second bill, Senate Bill 82, would eliminate the suspension of driving privileges for those convicted of possessing an ounce or . . . . . READ MORE

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