COLUMBUS – An Ohio House committee on Wednesday took up a bill that would make sweeping changes to the state’s voter-approved cannabis law—by creating new criminal penalties, eliminating equity programs and putting limits on legal products.
Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee did vote on the underlying measure—HB 160, from Rep. Brian Stewart (R)—saying they expect to move forward slowly and carefully, though they spent close to 40 minutes discussing the proposal and adopted a six-page amendment.
Asked by the panel whether he wanted the bill to be fast-tracked or whether there would be more time to dig into details, Stewart said he didn’t expect lawmakers to rush.
“This is something we would like to have passed by June,” he replied, “not within the next couple of weeks.”…