{"id":7970,"date":"2018-01-05T03:01:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T03:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com?p=2910018&amp;preview_id=2910018"},"modified":"2018-01-05T03:01:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T03:01:35","slug":"vermont-house-passes-marijuana-legalization-bill-senate-to-vote-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/vermont-house-passes-marijuana-legalization-bill-senate-to-vote-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont House passes marijuana legalization bill. Senate to vote next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/vermont-house-passes-marijuana-legalization-bill-senate-to-vote-next-week\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-10 large-centered small-12 columns\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta-date\">Published: Jan 4, 2018, 4:37 pm \u2022 Updated: Jan 4, 2018, 4:37 pm<span class=\"single-comments-link\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\">By <span class=\"author\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/author\/ap\/\" rel=\"author\">The Associated Press<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers in the Vermont House passed a proposal that would make the Green Mountain State the latest to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>House lawmakers spent much of the day Thursday, with a break during Republican Gov. Phil Scott\u2019s State of the State speech, debating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2017\/06\/21\/vermont-marijuana-legalization-legislature\/82083\/\">a proposal that was passed by the state Senate last June<\/a>. The debate took place with the backdrop of U.S. Attorney General <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2018\/01\/04\/jeff-sessions-rescinding-legalized-marijuana-policy\/95875\/\">Jeff Sessions rescinding a policy that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the debate in the Statehouse, the full House rejected a series of Republican-proposed changes to the law. The first proposal that was rejected would have delayed implementation of the law a year, until July 1, 2019. Other amendments focused on what the opponents of the underlying proposal said were ways to protect public safety.<\/p>\n<p>But proponents felt those issues were addressed in the existing legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Slight changes were made to the original bill to legalize the adult possession of up to 1 ounce (28 grams) of marijuana. The measure must return to the Senate for another vote.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe, a Democrat and Progressive, said he expected the Senate could vote on the bill Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Scott <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2017\/08\/08\/vermont-marijuana-legalization-commission\/85593\/\">has said he\u2019d sign the legislation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a modified version of an Associated Press story, reflecting the House vote<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .row --> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p>Lawmakers in the Vermont House passed a proposal that would make the Green Mountain State the latest to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7466,6964,6813,77,6826,5667,9,6833,6855,5019,441,1,3,5125,304,61,1736],"tags":[7467,6967,6818,2655,6828,5673,6835,6856,5022,3015,5128,2882],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}