Holding the three levers of power at the Capitol under control, the Democrats called it a “transformational” legislative session. Here’s what they did.
The Minnesota Senate passed the bill that will make Minnesota the 23rd state to legalize marijuana. Lawmakers were also busy working on other bills as the session headed toward its deadline to adjourn.
The Minnesota House passed the final version of a marijuana legalization bill that would permit possession starting in August. Retail shops won’t open for at least a year.
A House-Senate panel has resolved differences on the bill to decriminalize possession of marijuana starting in August and allow for retail sales sometime in 2024.
Members of a conference committee working on a bill to legalize marijuana have reached agreement on some key issues and are expected to settle on a final version of the legislation as early as Tuesday.
Nearly 300,000 cannabis-related criminal records in Minnesota would be eligible for expungement, meaning they’re no longer public and won’t appear in background checks. How will it work?
The Minnesota Senate passage of a legal marijuana framework puts the shift in drug policy on the doorstep. If House and Senate negotiators can merge their bills, Gov. Tim Walz is prepared to sign a compromise.
The Senate bill has already been discussed in more than a dozen committees. And legislative leaders tend to avoid bringing bills to the floor that might fail, so passage is deemed likely.