Title:
Ct.: Senate passes decrim, help needed in House
Message:
Call
the House leadership and urge them to call SB 1014 to the floor.
Over the weekend, the Connecticut
Senate narrowly
approved a measure to decriminalize possession of small amounts of
marijuana. The vote was 18-18, and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman broke the
tie with a vote in support of the bill. If passed, the
bill would change the penalty for possession of less than half an ounce of
marijuana from a misdemeanor (maximum fine of $1,000 and up to a year in jail)
to a $150 civil fine with no criminal record.
The bill
now moves to the House where it needs your help. Please call
Speaker of the House Chris Donovan and House Majority Leader Brendan Sharkey
and urge them to call the bill, SB 1014, to the House floor for a vote.
There are
only a couple of days left in the Connecticut Legislature’s 2011 session, so we
have to get this bill called soon. Please don’t wait – take two minutes of your
time to make
a call and urge House leadership to hold a vote on this important,
common sense bill now.
