FL Bill To Cap THC In Legal Weed Dies In Committee

February 27, 2024 Politics, Republicans

Florida Politics reports:

An effort to cap THC levels in marijuana if Florida voters legal it for adult personal use is dead this Legislative Session. The Senate Health Policy Committee bill (SB 7050) emerged earlier this month in the upper chamber. The effort had moved out of its first stop on a 7-3 vote.

Just as that committee declined to consider a controversial defamation bill, the THC caps appear to have burned out before advancing to the Senate floor. A companion bill (HB 1269) had made it through all committee stops in the House, but with similar language, not identical.

House sponsor Rep. Ralph Massullo, a Lecanto Republican, confirmed to POLITICO that the bill is dead this year. “I believe the product we crafted was sound,” he told the outlet.

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My first report explaining the proposed levels is here.

Dermatologist Rep. Ralph Massulo is the state’s wealthiest lawmaker with an estimated net worth of around $50 million.

The Florida Supreme Court has until April 1st to rule on the proposed recreation weed ballot measure set for November. If they do not rule, the measure automatically makes the ballot. DeSantis said that he expects the court will approve the measure.



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