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California lawmakers face major policy bills in this last week

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 09/08/2015 - 13:30

 

State lawmakers return to work Tuesday with more than 300 bills awaiting their action in the final four days of this year’s regular session.

The governor has called concurrent special sessions on healthcare and transportation that could go beyond Friday. But legislative leaders have said they want to wrap up action this week.

Outstanding issues include regulation of medical marijuana and electronic cigarettes, slashing gas use in the state and allowing physicians to prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill Californians.

Also awaiting action is a package of six bills to regulate tobacco, including one that would increase the smoking age to 21. Another would ban electronic cigarettes in public places, such as restaurants, where smoking is currently prohibited.The aid-in-dying bill is expected to come up for an Assembly floor vote as early as Tuesday, but after that it would still have to go through the Senate committee process and...

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