DeerFlyHater t1_jchbuk0 wrote
Everyone talking about it dying in the Senate clearly hasn't paid attention to the last couple of years and the current makeup of the Senate.
The prime sponsor of the legalization bill(HB1598) which was killed last year is Daryl Abbas. He is now a Senator.
Also voting Yea in the House last year on HB1598 was Tim Lang and Howard Pearl. Guess what, they are Senators this year as well.
There is support in the Senate for legalization.
Searchlights t1_jchmod1 wrote
They're not going to pass a bill than has LSD and mushrooms and shit loaded in it
TacoLoco2 t1_jchsx18 wrote
Exactly. This is how they keep it from passing. Add these other drugs, then say they would vote for it if it weren’t for the other drugs…
DeerFlyHater t1_jchw3st wrote
Which can be removed via amendment in the Senate. Then the Senate votes on it. If it passes, it goes back to the House for concurrence on the Senate's amendment, and then on to the Governor.
This shoot for the moon trend on some bills is annoying. I saw a decent solar bill get killed today because some junior rep tried to increase solar use by 1170% for the next gabillion years. Little bights get the ball to the end zone overthrowing the receiver does not. *forgive my extremely shitty football analogy.
Tullyswimmer t1_jcii4y1 wrote
> This shoot for the moon trend on some bills is annoying. I saw a decent solar bill get killed today because some junior rep tried to increase solar use by 1170% for the next gabillion years.
It's like the "water protection bill" that was being discussed here yesterday. The standards that were set out in that were absolutely crazy high, to the point where some bottled water wouldn't pass, and the amount of PFAS in soil alone would probably cause a lot of water sources to be over the limit.
Like, let's protect our water, sure, but let's do it in a way that makes fucking sense and is reasonably possible.
Ktmouse t1_jchk1e9 wrote
the problem will be the other shit tacked onto this bill
DeerFlyHater t1_jchwb25 wrote
Once you find out which committee it is assigned to, write them or testify at the hearing. Advocate for the passage of the marijuana at a minimum even if they have to do a committee amendment to remove the hail mary drugs.
Tullyswimmer t1_jciihw7 wrote
Yeah, the NH senate has killed it the last several times it's brought up, but every time there's one or two more senators who vote for it as the dinosaurs like D'Alessandro leave.
It will eventually get passed in the senate, and even if Sununu vetoes, it's already pretty close to the veto override and could probably get there if they struck the psychedelics in an amendment.
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