Top R.I. legislators Confident Recreational Marijuana Will Pass ‘Overwhelmingly’ In Upcoming Session
State officials have expressed a desire to act quickly
After months of negotiations, House and Senate leaders say they’re nearly ready to introduce legislation to legalize recreational marijuana that will have widespread support in both chambers.
“We’re very close to being able to, in the month of January, release the framework of a bill that will begin a robust public hearing and vetting process,” said House Speaker K. Joseph Sherkarchi, D-Warwick.
In a separate interview on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Michael J. McCaffrey, D-Warwick, said that the goal is to get the marijuana legislation introduced early in the 2022 session, voted on in both chambers and passed by February.
“Once it goes through the hearing process, I think that it will pass in both chambers overwhelmingly,” he said.
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