State lawmakers begin their final scheduled week of the session next week, and among the high-profile bills expected to attract plenty of attention is the long-delayed House bill to legalize marijuana.

Bill H. 170 has been stuck in the Human Services Committee for weeks, referred there suddenly after the first floor vote suddenly appeared at risk of defeat.

Late Friday, the committee voted to dislodge H. 170, sending it on to the House floor in a 5-4-2 vote.

Committee Chairwoman Ann Pugh, a South Burlington Democrat, said her panel added language to address some concerns about youth access to marijuana -- explicitly prohibiting pot near schools, and all public consumption.

H. 170 would legalize adult possession of up to 1 ounce of marijuana, and allow adults to grow marijuana at home, in limited quantities. The proposal does not tax pot nor allow retail or private sale.

Pugh said the House could vote on the bill as soon as Tuesday.

In a related move, the state Senate last week resurrected and passed a bill similar to its 2016 proposal, establishing a sweeping Colorado-style system in Vermont to regulate retail sale and commercial cultivation of marijuana. That bill was then sent that over to the House.

Neither bill is expected to get all the way through the Legislature, with adjournment scheduled May 6, but House passage sets the stage for additional action in the second half of the biennium in January.