Minnesota Senate Passes Recreational Marijuana Law

(KNSI) – The Senate authorised making Minnesota the following state to okay leisure marijuana.

The party-line vote had 34 Democrats supporting it, and 33 Republicans opposed. An identical model handed the Home on Tuesday. Each payments now head to a joint convention committee the place their variations can be hashed out. As soon as the 2 payments are rolled collectively, the Home and Senate will maintain ultimate votes on the regulation.

Each payments would permit Minnesotans 21 and older to purchase as much as two ounces of marijuana flower, eight grams of focus and 800 milligrams of edible merchandise directly. Residents might additionally develop as much as eight crops at residence.

Variations embody points round at-home marijuana possession and the tax charge for merchandise.

The Senate invoice permits Minnesotans who develop their very own to own as much as 5 kilos of flower of their houses. Nongrowers could be restricted to 2 kilos. The Home invoice imposes a private possession restrict of 1½ kilos. Senate Democrats are additionally proposing the next tax of 10% on hashish merchandise, whereas the Home invoice would enact an 8% tax.

The Senate invoice would permit cities to cap the variety of dispensaries, whereas the Home model wouldn’t.

The invoice would robotically expunge misdemeanor pot fees and type a committee to contemplate elimination of felony-level marijuana crimes from an individual’s report.

Governor Tim Walz says he’ll signal the invoice if it reaches his desk.

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