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Democratic House leaders announced Wednesday that they would be going into special session and voting on a recreational marijuana bill sometime this month. The legislative session is ending at midnight Wednesday night. “My hunch is they can’t get it done by 11:59, but they will get it done within a week,” Gov. Ned Lamont said Wednesday. House Democrats had expected to get to passing a recreational marijuana bill that the state Senate passed earlier this week but ran out of time. Republican filibustering and daylong debates caused time to dwindle, so Democratic leadership turned to what they said is their bargaining chip:…

“It’s one thing to have an honest, robust debate on a complicated topic,” he said. “The concern in my caucus is the four or five people that never want to stop and that goes into your calculation. If you had 36 people speak for 10 minutes, ask good questions — not the same questions — because they want to learn about the bill, that is an honest debate. The concern on my end is six people who want to go for nine hours each.”

The Connecticut House of Representatives postponed a vote on legalizing recreational marijuana and instead will consider the issue in a special session before the end of the month, a top lawmaker said. The announcement by House Speaker Matt Ritter came as the legislative session was scheduled to adjourn later Wednesday and followed the likelihood of a GOP filibuster to thwart a vote, according to the Hartford Courant. The state Senate narrowly passed the legalization measure earlier this week. MJBizDaily has projected that a Connecticut recreational marijuana market could generate $250 million in sales in the first full year and $725…

The legislation allows individuals with past convictions for marijuana offenses to have those convictions erased. According to the legislation, anyone convicted of possessing four ounces or less of cannabis from between Jan. 1, 2000, and Sept. 30, 2015, would automatically have their record wiped clean. Those convicted before Jan. 1, 2000, or from Oct. 15, 2015 through June 30, 2021, could petition a court to have their record erased. The automatic erasures would take effect Jan. 1, 2023, and petitions to have records erased could be filed beginning July 1, 2022.

News 12 Staff Jun 06, 2021, 11:29am Updated on: Jun 07, 2021, 2:41pm Marijuana could soon be legal in Connecticut under a legislative proposal unveiled on Saturday. The bill has been in the works for months with closed-door negotiations between Gov. Ned Lamont, state legislators and social justice advocates. Under the proposed law, recreational cannabis would become legal for anyone 21 and over in July of this year.  Retail sales could begin in 2022. An initial vote on the mammoth, nearly 300-page bill could happen Monday in the state Senate. Connecticut lawmakers must pass the bill by Wednesday. If they…

News 12 Staff Jun 06, 2021, 11:29am Updated on: Jun 07, 2021, 2:41pm Marijuana could soon be legal in Connecticut under a legislative proposal unveiled on Saturday. The bill has been in the works for months with closed-door negotiations between Gov. Ned Lamont, state legislators and social justice advocates. Under the proposed law, recreational cannabis would become legal for anyone 21 and over in July of this year.  Retail sales could begin in 2022. An initial vote on the mammoth, nearly 300-page bill could happen Monday in the state Senate. Connecticut lawmakers must pass the bill by Wednesday. If they…

Top Connecticut lawmakers announced on Friday that they have finally reached a deal on a bill to legalize marijuana, and they’re now circulating the finalized language among members ahead of votes that are expected soon. Following weeks of talks with Gov. Ned Lamont’s (D) office, House Majority Leader Jason Rojas (D) said negotiators now have a “pencils down” agreement. But lawmakers will need to move quickly if they hope to pass the legislation ahead of Wednesday’s end of session deadline. “Now we can actually go to people and say this is the final product,” House Speaker Matt Ritter (D) said….

Details about a marijuana legalization bill that Connecticut lawmakers and the governor have been negotiating are starting to surface as leadership works to get it to the floor before the end of session next week—and some proposals dealing with social equity are raising eyebrows among advocates. House Majority Leader Jason Rojas (D) has been asked about the status of discussions with Gov. Ned Lamont’s (D) office at press briefings almost every day this week, and he’s continually insisted that a deal is imminent. On Thursday he said “we stand in a pretty good place for drafting up language, getting to…