Title:
Marijuana study resolution faces likely Indiana Senate vote Monday
Message:
On Monday, the Indiana Senate will likely vote on S.R. 70,
a marijuana study commission resolution. The resolution passed out of the Senate
Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters on April 12. This
resolution would urge the Senate Legislative Council “to direct a Sentencing
Policy Study Committee to study the effects of potential changes to marijuana policy
in Indiana.” S.R. 70 only needs to
pass the Senate.
Please
email your Indiana state senator, and urge him or her to pass S.R. 70, to begin
the discussion on changing failed marijuana policies in Indiana. Hoosier
legislators need to hear from you about why marijuana laws need revision.
Please, pass this on to your friends and family so that everyone takes
action on this important bill to change Indiana’s future.
A more extensive study bill, S.B. 192,
passed the Senate 28-21, on February 22, but stalled in the House, largely due
to the slowdown resulting from the House Democrats’ exodus from the capitol.
S.B. 192 more specifically required a Sentencing Policy Study Committee to evaluate
Indiana’s marijuana laws over the summer, and discuss alternatives such as
ending prohibition, decriminalizing possession, or allowing medical marijuana.
Thanks for your support!
