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The three medical marijuana bills left standing in Sacramento must now pass through the gauntlet of state Legislature scrutiny and recommended changes by Gov. Jerry Brown’s office after clearing a final round of committee hearings this week.
North Coast state Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, called the discussions on the bills a “team effort.”
“Both the Senate and Assembly appropriations (committees) passed each bill out and each bill is dependent on the other, which means we are all working together to pass the first medical cannabis legislation in 20 years,” he said.
However, contents of two of the bills — Assembly Bill 266 (Assemblyman Rob Bonta) and Assembly Bill 243 (North Coast Assemblyman Jim Wood) — were removed as part of the Senate Appropriation Committee’s approval vote on Thursday. The bills were also amended so that their enactment is contingent upon the passage of McGuire’s medical marijuana bill, Senate Bill 643....
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