The Minnesota state legislature on Saturday passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, capping off a legislative process that saw dozens of committees scrutinize the proposal before its passage. The bill now heads to the desk of Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, who has pledged to sign legislation to legalize cannabis for adults. If Walz signs the bill as expected, Minnesota will become the 23rd state in the nation to legalize recreational marijuana.
A conference committee reached a consensus on the legislation on Tuesday after meeting three times to reconcile discrepancies between separate bills passed by the Minnesota House of Representatives and the state Senate last month. The final version of the bill was passed by House on Thursday by a vote of 73-57, followed by passage in the Senate by a vote of 34-32 in the early morning hours on Saturday.
“It has been an incredible journey … to get this bill to this place,” Democratic state Rep. Zack Stephenson, the sponsor of the legislation in the House, said in a statement quoted by the StarTribune after the conference committee reached an agreement on the marijuana legalization bill on Tuesday.
Minnesota lawmakers have passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, giving Democratic Gov. … [+]
The legislation will legalize the possession of up to two pounds of marijuana and the limited home cultivation of…
