Louisiana House Rejects Bill To Tax Recreational Marijuana
The bill needed two-thirds of the House, or 70 votes, for approval
The Louisiana House rejected a bill Tuesday that would have taxed recreational marijuana if the state ever legalized it.
The decision on the tax bill likely dooms the prospect of legalized marijuana in the state this year. It also likely dooms the approval of legalized weed next year, since tax bills cannot be brought up in 2022, as it is not a fiscal session then.
The bill needs two-thirds of the House, or 70 votes, for approval. The vote was 47 in favor and 48 against.
It would have taxed the sale of marijuana at 50 percent, with half of that going to the state’s general fund and the other half to local governments. Twenty percent of the local share would have gone to law enforcement.
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