By "Radical" Russ Belville on March 11, 2008
HB 4715, the bill to ALLOW citations instead of arrest for misdemeanor cannabis possession charges will be brought up in the House Judiciary II Committee on Criminal Law at their 8AM meeting Thursday March 13. The bills sponsor State Rep. Constance Howard is on the committee along with two State Reps. who voted against HB 1864 last year. There is also Rep. Howard’s bill for 911 Good Samaritans at that same hearing. The Democrats slightly control that committee 7-6 so hopefully we can get those through.
SB 2865 will have another hearing in the Senate Public Health Committee meeting at 10:30AM on Thursday March 13. At the end of the last hearing it was mentioned that some details between Cullerton and a few other Senators would be worked out and I am assuming that is what this next hearing will be focused on.
The deadline for House bills to be out of committee is Friday March 14 and for Senate Bills it is March 13.
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