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December 30, 2011
Madison NORML Examiner: Wisconsin medical marijuana bill to get bill numbers, committee assignments
Posted by Gary Storck
Friday, December 30, 2011
An update on the Jacki Rickert MMJ Act.
Wisconsin medical marijuana bill to get bill numbers, committee assignments
MADISON: Rep. Mark Pocan's office has confirmed a final total of 15 cosponsors for the newly reintroduced Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act (JRMMA).
As with last session and the 2007-2008 session there were no Republican cosponsors. The last bill with Republican support, AB-740, was introduced in 2005 by then Rep. Gregg Underheim, a moderate Republican from Oshkosh who chaired the Assembly Public Health committee. Rep. Underheim gave AB-740 a public hearing in Nov. 2005. Underheim, a one-time opponent of medical cannabis opened up to the medical potential of cannabis after suffering a bout with cancer. He left the legislature in 2006.
13 of 15 cosponsors are from the 99-member Wisconsin State Assembly: Continue reading "Wisconsin medical marijuana bill to get bill numbers, committee assignments."
Posted by Gary at December 30, 2011 04:12 PM
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