Lawmakers on a New Hampshire conference committee are set to meet on Tuesday in an effort to strike a deal on legalizing marijuana. The House and Senate passed two drastically different versions of cannabis legalization legislation last month, setting the stage for the joint meeting.
Some of the bill’s supporters have already predicted that the bicameral panel will fail to reach a compromise, noting that Senate President Jeb Bradley (R), who will sit on the committee, has repeatedly said that he opposes the reform and wants to see the bill die. Others, however, are holding out hope that there’s still a way to reach consensus.
“You know, right now, the odds aren’t great,” the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Erica Layon (R), told Marijuana Moment last week. “I’m gonna go into it optimistic, but I don’t really expect much to come of it.”
Sen. Daryl Abbas (R), who chaired a state commission on legalization last year and introduced a sweeping Senate floor amendment last month that made major changes to Layon’s bill, also told Marijuana Moment he’s “not optimistic” that the bill “would survive a committee of conference.”
An earlier version of the legislation passed the House in April. The subsequent Senate
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