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If you want to know what the US would be like during a second Trump-Pence-Vance administration, just visit some red states.

Utah has just unleashed a wave of book bans and almost all the banned authors are female.

Books by Margaret Atwood, Judy Blume, Rupi Kaur and Sarah J Maas are among 13 titles that the state of Utah has ordered to be removed from all public school classrooms and libraries. This marks the first time a state has outlawed a list of books statewide, according to PEN America’s Jonathan Friedman, who oversees the organisation’s free expression programs. The books on the list were prohibited under a new law requiring all of Utah’s public school districts to remove books if they are banned in either three districts, or two school districts and five charter schools. Utah has 41 public school districts in total. The 13 books could be banned under House bill 29, which became effective from 1 July, because they were considered to contain ��pornographic or indecent” material. The list “will likely be updated as more books begin to meet the law’s criteria”, according to PEN America. Twelve of the 13 titles were written by women. Six books by Maas, a fantasy author, appear on the list, along with Oryx and Crake by Atwood, Milk and Honey by Kaur and Forever by Blume. Two books by Ellen Hopkins appear, as well as Elana K Arnold’s What Girls Are Made Of and Craig Thompson’s Blankets.

Utah is looking for a way of "legally" disposing of the books because burning them would invite obvious comparisons with Nazis.

Implementation guidelines say that banned materials must be “legally disposed of” and “may not be sold or distributed”. PEN America Freedom to Read programme director Kasey Meehan said that such “vague” guidelines will “undoubtedly result in dumpsters full of books that could otherwise be enjoyed by readers” and that while they stop short of “calling for book burning, the effect is the same: a signal that some books are too dangerous”. Let Utah Read, a coalition of organisations, librarians, teachers and parents among others, has started a petition to “fix the ‘sensitive materials’ law”. “It is a dark day for the freedom to read in Utah,” said Meehan. The list of banned books “will impose a dystopian censorship regime across public schools and, in many cases, will directly contravene local preferences. Allowing just a handful of districts to make decisions for the whole state is anti-democratic.”

I hope that Utah school library users and librarians manage to hide the books so that the MAGA book-banning fascists can't destroy them.

The Republican Party which gave us Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, Ron DeSantis, and Marjorie Taylor Greene runs Utah with an iron fist. Republicans have given up on even the pretense of freedom. They have unapologetically gone full blown authoritarian. As such, they should not be entrusted with any elected office at any level in the United States.

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Transgender people in the USA need help now!

My heart hurts. I'm not the best at describing my emotions, but that's what it feels like. The United States of America continues to single out transgender people, young and old, and become hostile for them to live in. In 2021, 28 bills have already been introduced targeting trans youth.

Arkansas legislators overrode the veto from Governor Asa Hutchinson and passed HB1570. This bill makes trans youth unable to obtain gender-affirming healthcare. Puberty blockers will be barred from trans youth who are scared of their growing bodies and hormones will be unavailable to trans minors as well. Surgeries will also be unavailable. Arkansas legislators have also introduced two bills that would ban trans students from school sports: SB354 and SJR16

Alabama's Senate Health Committee approved a bill, SB10, that would make it a felony for doctors to provide gender-affirming treatment to transgender minors. Doctors could face up to 10 years in prison.

Arizona has also joined Alabama in introducing a bill that would punish doctors for providing trans youth with gender-affirming health care. They are also introducing a bill that would make trans students unable to participate in school sports. SB1511 and SB1637.

Connecticut legislature is voting on two anti-trans sports bans that would prevent trans youth from playing in school teams "to protect women's rights": SB00324 and HB 05795.

Georgia's legislature is voting on a bill that would criminalize gender-affirming care, namely HRT and puberty blockers, for minors: HB401

Two other bills, SB266 and HB276, would prevent trans athletes from participating in school and university sports programs, even at private institutions, if passed.

Iowa's trans medical ban would prohibit gender-affirming care for minors with the exception of intersex youth if HF193 is passed.

The state is also voting on two bills that would prevent trans athletes from participating in school sports: HF184 and HF327.

Indiana is voting on two bills, both of which would bar doctors from giving gender-affirming care to trans minors: SB0224 and HB1505.

Kansas state legislature is considering whether or not to prohibit gender-affirming care like HRT and puberty blockers in two bills: SB214 and HB2210.

Kansas will also vote on SB208, a bill that will stop trans students from participating in school sports to "create fairness in women's sports."

Kentucky's HB336 would make providing gender-affirming care for trans minors illegal and protect public officials who express views against gender-affirming care if passed.

The state legislature is also debating two bills that would stop trans student-athletes from playing sports: SB106 and HB471.

Louisiana's SB 104 would make it illegal for doctors to provide gender-affirming care to minors without parental, namely gender-affirming therapy, puberty blockers, and HRT.

Minnesota is voting on three bills that would prevent trans students from participating in school sports: HF1657, HB471, and SF96.

HF 1657 would specifically criminalize trans women who try to participate in girls' sports or even try to use the locker room that corresponds with their gender rather than the sex they were assigned at birth.

HB471 and SF96 are bills that would prevent all trans students from playing on school sports teams.

Mississippi's bill that would have banned gender-affirming care for trans youth, SB2171, was killed in committee.

However, Mississippi lawmakers passed a bill that will prevent trans girls from participating in female school sports, SB2536. It is unclear whether or not the law will be signed into effect by Governor Tate Reeves.

Missouri's HB33 and SB442 would both ban doctors from treating trans youth with HRT or puberty blockers.

The state is also attempting to pass four bills that would prevent trans people from participating in school sports: HJR53, HB1184, HB1077, and HB1045.

HB1077 would specifically prohibit any state funding for schools that allow trans students to participate in school sports.

Montana is considering five trans medical ban bills, one of which would make it legal for doctors to refuse to treat any patients: HB113, HB427, SB195, SB245, and SB280

The state's HB113, HB427, and SB195 bills would prevent minors from accessing gender-affirming care like HRT, puberty blockers, and any gender-affirming surgeries like breast removal.

SB245 and SB280 would impact all transgender people in the state if passed. SB245 would allow insurance companies and healthcare providers to refuse to cover or treat trans patients on the basis of being trans.

SB280 would make it mandatory for trans people to have gender-affirming surgeries like a vaginoplasty to change their legal sex on their birth certificate and other official documents.

Montana's HB112 would require public schools to categorize sports teams based on biological sex and not allow trans people to compete.

New Hampshire's medical ban would criminalize and define gender-affirming care for trans minors as child abuse if passed: HB86

HB198 would stop trans athletes from playing school sports on the basis of preventing gender discrimination for cis women.

North Dakota is voting on HB1298, which would stop trans athletes from participating in school teams if passed.

South Dakota lawmakers voted to pass a bill that bans trans students from playing on school sports teams on March 8. Governor Kristi Noem killed the bill on March 29: HB1076.

Oklahoma may pass two bills that would prevent minors from accessing gender-affirming treatments: SB676 and SB583.

The "Save Women's Sports Act," SB331, would prevent trans athletes from participating in school sports teams if passed.

Ohio is voting on a bill that would prevent high schools, universities, and private schools to stop trans athletes from playing in school sports teams: HB61.

Tennessee's legislature is trying to pass two bills that would prevent trans youth from accessing gender-affirming care like HRT and puberty blockers: HB0578 and SB0657.

The state will also vote on two bills that prevent trans athletes in middle and high school from playing team sports: SB0228 and HB0003.

Utah's "Preserving Sports for Female Students Act," HB0302, would prevent trans students from playing sports at the high school or collegiate level.

If passed, the state's HB0092 would prevent doctors from treating trans minors with HRT or puberty blockers.

Spread this! These cannot be allowed to pass.

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Best News of Last Week

Edition #005 - On this week: saving bees and adopting black cats

1. U.S. Administers 1 Million Vaccine Doses For Third Straight Day!

The U.S. administered more than 1 million vaccine doses Friday, marking the third day in a row more than a million shots were distributed, according to a White House official.

2. Black Cat Appreciation Day brings Utah closer to being a no-kill state

Black Cat Appreciation Day was created in an effort to recognize black cats who are often overlooked in shelters and rescues. A study investigating "black cat bias" found that black cats experience the highest euthanasia and lowest adoption rates compared to cats of other colors.

Temma Martin, with Best Friends Animal Society, said that celebrating black cats by adopting them or posting pictures of them on social media could help combat that bias, and possibly bring Utah closer to becoming a no-kill state. The state is about 800 animals shy of the title.

3. 11-year-old launches campaign to save the bees: "We're going to win"

Scarlett Harper is fearless, especially when it comes to bees. When the 11-year-old Illinois resident learned the bees in her neighborhood were being wiped out by mosquito pesticides, she launched a campaign to save them.

Harper helped create the "Bee Bill," officially known as Illinois HB 3118, with State Representative Robyn Gabel. It aims to restrict mosquito control pesticides that can be lethal to bees. After cold-calling lawmakers, Harper was able to secure 22 co-sponsors — and the bill made it out of the state's Energy and Environment Committee with a unanimous 29-0 vote.

4. ‘Tiger King’ stars agree to give up remaining animals to Department of Justice

They're never gonna financially recover from this

5. Pakistan appoints first woman judge to the Supreme Court

Justice Ayesha A Malik was nominated to the role by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, and she will remain in that position until March 2031.

Pakistan has already had a female leader. Many women have made huge impacts on Pakistan, both politically and socially.

Just like the US or elsewhere, there’s complex layers of history and culture. The people are not a monolith. There are millions of artists and scientists and people who disagree with their own culture or leadership. When you look at a foreign nation, you are looking at your own nation’s reflection in this world.

6. The black footed ferret, a species from USA that in 1979 was considered extinct, has had this year its best breeding season since population recovery programs started in 1991.

The Phoenix Zoo had its most successful black-footed ferret breeding season in 20 years, with 27 kits born since May.

The six litters of the endangered species were born in about a month to mothers Mandolin, Lazuli, Ridley, Sedona, Vermillion, Yoshi and Jarvis, their father.

7. Nine Afghan girl robotics team members safe in Qatar

"After scrambling for days to bring them to safety, nine members of an Afghan all-girls robotics team have arrived in Qatar, the team's parent organization has confirmed. Their flight out of Afghanistan was organized by the Qatar government, which expedited visas and sent an aircraft. The team first made headlines in 2017 after winning a special award at an international robotics competition in the US."

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2020 Developments In State Protest Laws

By Jessica Bride, George Washington University Class of 2022

June 17, 2020

Across the United States, it is likely that every individual knows of a protest happening in their area or at least in their state. With the right to free speech at the core of America’s protections from the government, protests remain a critical way to exercise that right. In 2013, the Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc. was founded to “to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes” after Trayvon Martin’s murderer was acquitted [1].On May 25th, 2020, George Floyd was killed due to the use of excessive force by a police officer [2]. His death highlights the history of enormous discretion and frequently unchecked power within police forces, especially as the public notices the relationship between inadequate police conduct and the skin color of victims.

While anti-racism protests have occurred in the past, the American public has now protested in all fifty states in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. Even other countries have held their own peaceful protests to demand justice and participate in the movement.The American and global efforts strengthen Black Lives Matter protests as a significantcivil rights movement. Still, U.S. states have been proposing new bills that restrict one’s ability to protest, change the penalties for protesting, and other consequences [3]. Depending on when you access this article, the International Center for Not-For-Profit Lawmay have more current information about these laws on their tracker, which they created in 2016 [3].As nationwide protests continue, it is helpful to review the proposed changes since the beginning of 2020.

January 2020

22nd: Tennessee’s bill to create new penalties for protestors who conceal their identity was recalled[4].

28th: Oregon’s bill to implement harsher penalties for protesters who conceal their identity, whether partially or fully, was defeated/expired [5]. If passed, protestors with the intention to riot could have been punishable with up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine [3].

29th: South Carolina’s bill to penalize protestors based upon their affiliation with campuses they protest on is currently pending [6]. Protests include students, community members, and even people who do not live where they are protesting. If passed, this bill would create new penalties for protesters on school and college campuses who are not students so even faculty and staff would be at risk [3].

February 2020

6th: South Dakota’s pending bill would change provisions regarding emergency management, specifically add “disorderly conduct” and “protests” to cases where the Governor can suspend state agency rules [7].

12th: Rhode Island currently has a pending bill that would penalize people participating in protests and parades for concealing their identities with protective equipment and masks or disguises [8].

24th: Alaska’s bill establishing mandatory sanction for campus protestors is currently pending [3]. The University of Alaska would not be allowed to take official action on most public policy matters, instead assume public policy neutrality [9].

24th: Minnesota’s bill to increase the penalties for protests near gas and oil pipelines is pending [3]. If passed, trespass liability and vicarious liability would be created, and it would be a crime to recruit or educate others to trespass or damage such infrastructure [10].

March 2020

6th: New Jersey’s pending bill aims to expand the definition of “riot” to include disorderly conduct that results in property damage or economic loss [3]. However, the state’s current definition for disorderly conduct includes swearing. Protesters would also be responsible for reimbursing property damage and can be charged with a crime if that damage is above two thousand dollars [11].

12th: Alabama’s bill to penalize protest near gas and oil pipelines is currently pending, though it was approved by their Senate [3].It would be a Class A misdemeanor to protest, or trespass, near these places, and if a protestor “injures” or “interferes” with the facility then they could be charged with a Class C felony [12]. If passed, this bill would also penalize photographing and electronically recording at these locations [12].

18th: South Dakota has enacted SB 151 which makes protesting near pipelines and other infrastructures punishable by a year in prison and a two thousand dollar fine if only trespassing occurred [3]. A protestor can be charged with a felony if they cause “substantial interruption or impairment” [13] .

23rd: South Dakota enacted HB 1117 which includes new criminal and civil liability for “incitement to riot” [3]. It is now a Class 5 felony in South Dakota to intend to cause a riot, so protestors risk up to five years in prison and ten thousand in fines [14].

25th: West Virginia enacted HB 4615 which confirms new penalties for protests near gas and oil pipelines [3]. The bill expanded what facilities, specifically those considered “critical infrastructure facilities”, are prohibited for protest as well as vandalism and trespassing [15].

30th: Utah enacted SB 173 which created new criminal penalties for protestors who engage in “disorderly conduct”, from “unreasonable noises” to public inconvenience, that disturbs legislative or other government meetings [3].

June 2020

1st: Mississippi currently has a pending bill to establish two new crimes: “critical infrastructure trespass” and “impeding critical infrastructure” [3].Trespass could be a misdemeanor, but the harshness of a protestor’s penalty will be determined by damage and economic loss [16].

2nd: Louisiana’s bill that would create new penalties for protests near critical infrastructure is pending but has been sent to their Governor for executive approval [17]. Protestors could face felony charges for an increased number of places. If a state of emergency is enacted, then even peaceful protestors can be punished with 3-15 years of imprisonment and a fine between five and ten thousand [17].

5th: New York, concerned about non-resident protestors, has a pending bill that would create two new criminal offenses for non-resident protestors who riot [3]. The new crime, called “Travel to riot in the second degree”, would be a Class E felony, but a Class D felony if in the first degree with increasing monetary fines for both crimes depending on the amount of offenses [18].

________________________________________________________________ Jessica Bride is a rising junior at The George Washington University pursuing degrees in Psychology and Criminal Justice. She is interested in pursuing a career in public service that allows her to conduct research. Along with the social sciences, she is also passionate about creative writing and activism.

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[1] Black Lives Matter. “About.” Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc.https://blacklivesmatter.com/about/

[2] Emmert, Mark, Hughes, Trevor,and Lorenzo Reyes. “Medical Examiner and Family-Commissioned Autopsy Agree: George Floyd’s Death Was a Homicide.”USA Today, 1 June 2020,https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/01/george-floyd-independent-autopsy-findings-released-monday/5307185002/

[3]“US Protest Law Tracker.” International Center for Not-For-Profit Law, 8 June 2020, https://www.icnl.org/usprotestlawtracker/?location=&status=&issue=&date=custom&date_from=2020-01-01&date_to=2020-06-08&type=

[4] Lundberg, Jon. “SB 1750”. Tennessee General Assembly, http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1750

[5] Oregon. Legislature, 80thGeneral Assembly. HB 4126. Available at. https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4126

[6] South Carolina. Legislature, 123rd General Assembly. H 5045. Available at. https://www.scstatehouse.gov/query.php?search=DOC&searchtext=5045&category=LEGISLATION&session=123&conid=28826664&result_pos=0&keyval=1235045&numrows=10

[7] South Dakota. Legislature, 95th State Legislature. HB1288. Available at. https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/66984.pdf

[8] Corvese, Arthur. “H 7543.” https://legiscan.com/RI/text/H7543/2020

[9] Alaska. Legislature, 31st State Legislature. HB 295, Free Speech/Policy Neutral Univ.Available at. http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0295A

[10] Minnesota. Legislature, 91st State Legislature. HF 3668, Brooklyn Larson’s Law. Available at. https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/journals/2019-20/J0226067.htm#6509

[11] Dancer, Ronald. “A2853.” https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillView.asp?BillNumber=A3760

[12] Ward, Cam. “SB 45.” http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020RS/PrintFiles/SB45-int.pdf

[13] South Dakota. Legislature, 95th State Legislature. SB 151. Available at. https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/69887.pdf

[14] South Dakota. Legislature, 95thState Legislature. H 1117. Available at. https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/69658.pdf

[15] West Virginia. Legislature, 84th State Legislature. HB 4615, West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act. Available at http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2020_SESSIONS/RS/bills/HB4615%20SUB%20ENR.pdf

[16]Bain, Nick. “HB 1243.”http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/HB/1200-1299/HB1243PS.pdf

[17] Zeringue, Jerome. “HB 197”. http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=20RS&b=HB197&sbi=y

[18] Rules, Fall. “A 10603.” https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A10603&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y

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Virginia Lawmakers Vote To Allow Illegal Aliens To Obtain Driver’s Licenses – They Will Follow The Example Of 13 Other States Right Journalism ^ | 02.13.2020 | Alex D.

I will say, opposition to voter ID laws is strange. If the problem is that not everyone can afford an ID or has easy access to the DMV, states should work to ameliorate those issues. Free IDs for those who can’t afford one, full online registration.

I say this because too many illegals end up voting in our elections.

No debate on Election Security should go forward without first agreeing that Voter ID (Identification) must play a very strong part in any final agreement. Without Voter ID, it is all so meaningless!

The democrats are getting ready for 2020 and already made a small step towards voter fraud.

Virginia lawmakers passed legislation in both chambers of the state legislature that would allow illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses, a consequence of the state capitol’s newly minted Democratic majority.

Amid a rush before the end of the Virginia General Assembly’s “crossover” deadline Tuesday, lawmakers in both the state Senate and the House of Delegates passed separate bills allowing undocumented immigrants to legally drive on the state’s roadways. HB 1211 and SB 34 both passed their respective chambers Tuesday, the last day legislation could cross over to the other chamber for consideration.

State senators passed SB 34 by a margin of 22-18. The Senate version, which Democratic state Sen. Scott Surovell introduced, permits illegal aliens living in the state to obtain a standard driver’s license, but with certain conditions. The undocumented applicants must prove they’ve filed an income tax return, and the cards would also include text stating that it’s not a valid form of ID for federal, voting or public benefit purposes.

The House version, which Democratic Del. Kathy Tran introduced, passed by a margin of 57-42 and is largely similar to its Senate counterpart. The House bill, however, goes further by calling for the IDs to be conventional driver’s licenses.

f Virginia passes the driver’s license measure, it will follow a growing national trend of rewarding illegal immigrants with official government documents. Just a few months ago New York became the 13th state to offer illegal immigrants driver’s licenses, even though local DMV clerks throughout the state expressed deep concern about their ability to authenticate the unfamiliar documents—written in foreign languages—acceptable under the new law to obtain a license. One county clerk in the state’s eastern region said in a local news report that his office, which services a population of about 160,000, will not issue licenses to illegal aliens and instead will let the state deal with the applicants. Another DMV clerk in the state’s southern tier blasted lawmakers for leaving her and her colleagues to deal with the mess.

Besides New York, a dozen states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws to allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. They include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Vermont and Washington. More than half of the states passed their measures in 2013. In 2019 several states—including Florida, Kansas, Minnesota and North Carolina—introduced legislation to grant illegal aliens driver’s licenses, but those haven’t been resolved and it’s not clear if they’ll pass. The Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) has challenged New York’s measure, writing in a federal court filing that it conflicts with federal law.

The Democrats can’t stop their only concern is how to bring in more illegals into their so-called sanctuary cities!

We all know that means more voters for them because real Americans don’t trust them and they have to rely on these votes to get elected!

Please share this article wherever you can. It is the only way we can work around their censorship and ensure people receive news about issues that Democrats and the mainstream media suppress.

TOPICS: Government; Local News; Politics;Society

KEYWORDS: blog pimp; driving license; illegals; virginia; voter id

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OPINION:  Any illegals caught voting in any of our elections should be jailed, fined and locked up for three years.  No, non-citizen in this country should ever be allow to take advantage of ‘rights’ that are for U.S. Citizens only.

In fact, that should be one of the largest crime to justify jail time along with others that are ‘clear’ violations of the Citizens Rights Act in this country.  

Only the Democrats in Congress  want to give away the ‘store’ to anyone as long as the Democrats have billions of dollars in their bank accounts so they and their families are taken care of.  Double, Double Standards that’s what the Democrats are ‘flaunting’ around in this country.

The entire Democrat Party in Congress need to be ‘flushed’ out and replaced with other Democrats that truly love this country and want to always put its citizens first to be an asset in Congress instead of ‘bullies, obstructionist, liars and leakers that are destroying our Democracy, Rights and Privilege that are for the American Citizens only!

If illegals are provided with ‘Driver License’ then it should be mandatory that on their ‘drivers license’ it indicate that they are non-citizens.  We (Our Country) must always have the right to maintain records of those who are citizens and those who are not.

Record keeping is extremely ‘vital’ in this case as it is in other cases to be able to ‘identify and track’ non-citizens in our country.

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INDIVIDUALS/COMMENTS/POSTS:

The governor of Virginia know if they cross state lines and cause an accident, he will be sued personally and held accountable.

1posted on2/13/2020, 12:05:30 PM byUSA Conservative

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To: USA Conservative

This is so sad. I expect this from my blue state. But Virginia? I guess it is true they have been lost to the Left.

2 posted on 2/13/2020, 12:06:28 PM byrlmorel(Finding middle ground with tyranny or evil makes you either a tyrant or evil. Often both.)

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To: USA Conservative

Undocumented should be allowed IA’s, but not American licenses.

3 posted on 2/13/2020, 12:06:48 PM by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)

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To: rlmorel

The Virginia counties contiguous to The D.C. Deep State rule the Commonwealth now.

They decry U.S. values and sovereignty. They’re digging their own tomb, and they don’t even comprehend it.

4 posted on 2/13/2020, 12:10:07 PM by Brexit Ben

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To: Jonty30

Undocumented should be allowed 30 days to gtfo or we will round um up and kick them out.

5 posted on2/13/2020, 12:10:10 PM by cable guymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)

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To: USA Conservative

Only just condisering Virgina was ruled by General Santa Ana before the US “bought” it after the American invasion of Mexico.

6 posted on 2/13/2020, 12:10:13 PM by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.

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To: BrexitBen

That’s what I have heard.

Sad. I look at states like Texas (and formerly Virginia) as beacons of light, and when one of those goes out, it discourages me.

7 posted on2/13/2020, 12:13:22 PM by rlmorel (Finding middle ground with tyranny or evil makes you either a tyrant or evil. Often both.)

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To: rlmorel

All this crap FORCED down our throats without being contested will be the death of this nation! If they can easily obtain DL then someday you're going to see hundreds of those illegals running our country at the hill! Nothing to stop them..look at Omar that evil Muslim!! The rats will rule over us until America and its constitution is grinded to the floor!! I feel really really bad for the next generation once the boomers are gone! I believe we, the boomers are keeping America hanging by a thread! ! 😢

8 posted on 2/13/2020, 12:18:26 PM by Rose of Texas)

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To: rlmorel

Cut off the security checkpoint access at airports since they do not have a valid license approved by the United States Federal government. Virginia is not in compliance.

9 posted on 2/13/2020, 12:19:50 PM by Dacula

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Thisis is just one more example of Democrats trying to destroy American culture leading to destruction of the USA.

10 posted on 2/13/2020, 12:24:32 PM by Retvet (Retvet)

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To: Jonty30

“Undocumented should be allowed IA’s, but not American licenses.” IA’s = ID’s? “undocumented”?! Even the article called them illegals. They are here ILLEGALLY. They should be ARRESTED.

11 posted on 2/13/2020, 12:27:03 PM by tree top sand roofs

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To: Roseo f Texas

what do we expect?...for decades now we have had so called patriots voting third party or not at all...

patriot voters have got to stop being so stubbornly "principled" that they elect leftist rats into office.....

12 posted on 2/13/2020, 12:28:37 PM by cherry [Post Reply| Private Reply

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To: treetopsandroofs

IA’s are international driver licence s. It would allow them to drive, but also would be identifiable in preventing from voting.

13 posted on 2/13/2020, 12:28:39 PM by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)

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To: USA Conservative

“opposition to voter ID laws is strange”

India, a place where the concept of indoor plumbing confounds hundreds of millions, where hundreds of millions of people go outside to do #2, India has voter ID laws.

14 posted on 2/13/2020, 12:29:06 PM by cdcdawg (Cornpop was a pony soldier!)

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To: Jonty30

Thanks.

15 posted on 2/13/2020, 12:33:25 PM by treetopsandroofs

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Get your indictments in order DOJ. These states need to go down

16 posted on2/13/2020, 12:34:35 PMbyeartick(Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)

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To: Jonty30

BS, illegal grass crawling aliens should only be allowed to get the hell out of my Country. If not, rounded up and a mass deportation should take place.

17 posted on 2/13/2020, 12:38:27 PM by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)

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To: Dacula

Cut off the security checkpoint access at airports since they do not have a valid license

This is all well and good but it does not prevent these illegal grass crawling scum to vote and vote they will

18posted on2/13/2020, 12:39:42 PMbyeartick(Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)

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To: Jonty30

As are issued to people that are LEGAL in the country. These are ILLEGALs we are talking about.

19 posted on 2/13/2020, 12:41:26 PM byeartick

(Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)

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I meant for legals as well.

20 posted on 2/13/2020, 12:43:01 PM by Jonty30 What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/29

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup!

The U.S. House Financial Services Committee has passed The Safe Banking Act, HR 1595 out of committee this week. It now awaits consideration by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee.

Guam became the first US territory to send a bill legalizing the adult-use of marijuana to the governor’s desk in 2019. The bill awaits action by Governor Lou Leon Guerrero (D).

Governor Jim Justice (R) of West Virginia signed legislation into law that allows financial institutions to provide banking services related to the state’s medical marijuana program.

Governor Gary Herbert (R) of Utah signed legislation into law that strengthens protections for medical cannabis patients and further improves upon the state’s new medical cannabis access program.

New Jersey tabled a scheduled vote to pass adult-use marijuana legalization after falling just a few votes short of the threshold needed to pass. Legalization legislation now awaits another floor date while advocates in New Jersey gain the necessary support to pass it.

In Texas, the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence passed a marijuana decriminalization bill out of committee this week. The bill would make possession of small amounts of marijuana punishable by a fine with no jail time and no marks would be added to a person’s criminal record.

Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state.

Don’t forget to sign up for our email list, and we will keep you posted as these bills and more move through your home state legislature and U.S. Congress. Another great way to stay up to date is Marijuana Moment’s daily newsletter, which you can subscribe to HERE.

All Power to All the People,

Tyler

Actions to Take

Federal

End Prohibition: The Marijuana Justice Act would (1) remove marijuana from the US Controlled Substances Act, thereby ending the federal criminalization of cannabis; (2) incentivize states to mitigate existing and ongoing racial disparities in state-level marijuana arrests; (3) expunge federal convictions specific to marijuana possession; (4) allow individuals currently serving time in federal prison for marijuana-related violations to petition the court for resentencing; (5) and create a community reinvestment fund to invest in communities most impacted by the failed War on Drugs.

Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation

California

Senate Bill 34 would exempt compassionate care programs from paying state cannabis taxes when they are providing free medical cannabis to financially disadvantaged people living with serious health conditions.

Update: SB 34 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Professions, and Economic Development on 4/1/2019.

CA resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of compassionate care programs

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 223, to allow medical cannabis to be administered to patients at school.

The measure permits a parent or guardian to administer medical cannabis to their child patient on school grounds in a non-smoking and non-vaping form.

Update: SB 223 was passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee with a “do pass” recommendation on 3/26.

CA resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of allowing medical cannabis in schools

Colorado

House Bill 19-1028 would permit physicians to recommend cannabis therapy to those diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.

Update: HB 19-1028 was approved by the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services on 3/14, and then was approved by the Senate on 3/20. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk.

CO resident? Click here to email your governor in support of medical expansion

Connecticut

Lawmakers in Connecticut have introduced a package of bills specific legalizing and regulating the use and sale of marijuana by adults and facilitating equity in the industry.

Senate Bill 1085 permits those age 21 and over to purchase and possess up to one and one-half ounces of marijuana. The measure would also allow those with past marijuana possession convictions to petition the court to have their record expunged.

Separately, House Bill 7371 would establish a regulatory framework for the licensed retail sale of adult-use marijuana.

Update: There was a Public Hearing for SB 1085 on 3/22 after its passage out of the General Law Committee.

CT resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of legalization

Delaware

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 45, to amend certain marijuana penalties for juvenile offenders.

Under state law, adults face civil penalties for minor marijuana possession offenses. Senate Bill 45 would make this policy consistent for juvenile offenders.

Update: SB 45 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Social Services on 4/10/2019 at 2:30pm in the Senate Hearing Room.

DE resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of penalty reductions for juveniles

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 59, to expand medical cannabis access.

The measure expands the pool of medical professionals who are eligible to recommend medical cannabis by permitting physician assistants and nurse practitioners to issue recommendations to their patients.

Update: SB 59 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Social Services on 4/10/2019 at 2:30pm in the Senate Hearing Room.

DE resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical expansion

Georgia

House Bill 324 seeks to establish a regulatory framework to permit the retail sale of medical CBD products to registered patients.

Update: HB 324 was heard by the Senate Regulated Industries & Utilities Committee on 3/21.

GA resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical CBD expansion

Hawaii

Legislation is pending, House Bill 1383, that would decriminalize certain marijuana possession offenses.

The bill would impose a civil penalty for the possession of up to three grams of marijuana, punishable by a $30 fine.

Update: HB 1383 was heard and approved by the Committees on Judiciary and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs on 3/19. The bill was amended to lower the fine from $200 to $30.

HI resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization

Legislation is pending, House Bill 673 / Senate Bill 1430, to expand medical cannabis access.

The measure would protect registered medical cannabis patients from employment discrimination by prohibiting employers from arbitrarily discriminating against employees who legally consume medical cannabis off-the-job in accordance with state law.

Update: HB 673 was heard and approved by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health on 3/21. The bill was amended to strip out provisions that would allow the sale of medical cannabis edible products and permit physician assistants to issue recommendations. But a provision to protect patients from employment discrimination was added.

HI resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical expansion

Senate Bill 1353 seeks to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations.

Update: SB 1352 was heard by the House Committee on Judiciary on 3/18.

HI resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of industrial hemp production

Illinois

House Bill 902 – The Cannabis Legalization Equity Act would regulate the use, possession, cultivation, and retail sale of adult-use marijuana.

The measure would allow adults 21 and over to possess up to 224 grams of marijuana and cultivate up to 24 mature plants in their home.

Update: HB 902 was heard in the House Judiciary – Criminal Committee on 3/19.

IL resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of legalization

House Bill 2493 allows those convicted of possessing up to 30 grams of cannabis to petition the court to have their records automatically expunged.

House Bill 2734 would call for a review of past convictions and would establish a process to automatically expunge the records of individuals who were convicted of certain marijuana possession offenses.

House Bill 2621 would allow individuals to petition the court for expungement of marijuana possession convictions for activity that has since been decriminalized.

House Bill 3392 would automatically limit access to criminal records of individuals who have completed all court orders and have gone ten years without any additional felony or misdemeanor convictions.

Update: All four bills were heard in the House Judiciary – Criminal Committee on 3/19.

IL resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of expungement

House Bill 2980 / Senate Bill2023 would amend the Illinois Banking Act and the Illinois Credit Union Act in a manner that facilitates banks and other financial institutions to safely conduct transactions with licensed marijuana businesses.

Update: HB 2980 was heard in the House Judiciary – Criminal Committee on 3/19. SB 2023 was approved by the Senate Financial Institutions Committee on 3/20.

IL resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of banking access

A majority of the members of Illinois’ House of Representatives have added their names as cosponsors to a resolution urging lawmakers hit the brakes on the marijuana legalization debate.

The resolution states, “Lawmakers should not rush irresponsible legislation purely for tax revenues but should consider the health and safety of Illinoisans as their first priority when considering the question of legalization.”

IL resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in opposition to stalling the legalization debate

Kansas

Legislation is pending, SB 233 / HB 2173, to establish an industrial hemp program to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations.

Update: HB 2173 was approved by the House Committee on Agriculture on 3/20.

KS resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of industrial hemp production

Maine

Legislation is pending, LD 1374, to allow licensed dispensaries and caregivers to home deliver medical cannabis to select patients.

ME resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical cannabis delivery services

Maryland

Legislation is pending, HB 33 / SB 893, to permit physicians to recommend cannabis therapy to those struggling with opioid abuse or dependence.

Update: SB 893 was approved by the Senate on 3/15, and recently had a hearing in the House Health and Government Operations Committee on 3/27.

MD resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of cannabis as an alternative to opioids

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 857 / House Bill 17, to allow licensed dispensaries to sell edible medical cannabis products.

Update: SB 857 was unanimously approved by the Senate on 3/15, and recently had a hearing in the House Health and Government Operations Committee on 3/27.

MD resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical cannabis edible products

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 854, to mandate employers and/or their insurers to provide worker’s compensation for those who may require medical cannabis therapy as a result of an occupational injury.

MD resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of workers compensation for medical cannabis

Minnesota

Legislation is pending, HF 766 / SF 1070, to expand access to medical cannabis in the state.

The measure would:

Authorize each dispensary to open four additional locations in specified areas throughout the state

Allow specific formulations of medical cannabis to be administered to qualified patients on school grounds

Update: HF 766 was heard by the House Committee on Health and Human Services Finance Division on 3/28.

MN resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical expansion

Missouri

Legislation is pending, House Bill 1095, reduce marijuana offense penalties in Missouri. This measure would reduce the penalty for the possession of up to 100 grams of marijuana or marijuana concentrate from a misdemeanor to a civil infraction. It also reduces the penalty for the delivery of up to 100 grams of marijuana or marijuana concentrate from a felony to a civil infraction.

Update: HB 1095 is scheduled for a hearing in the Special Committee on Criminal Justice on 4/4/2019 at 8:00am in House Hearing Room 1.

MO resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization.

Montana

House Bill 498 would allow qualified patients to access medical cannabis while on either probation or parole.

Update: HB 498 had a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on 3/27/2019.

MT resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical expansion.

Nevada

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 228, to expand Nevada’s medical cannabis access program.

The proposed changes:

Allows wellness service providers such as massage therapists, reflexologists, and structural integration practitioners to recommend and administer cannabis and hemp infused products for therapeutic purposes;

Prohibits a practitioner from refusing to prescribe a controlled substance to a patient solely because the patient uses marijuana; and

Establishes a Cannabis Control Commission to oversee the state’s medical marijuana access program.

Update: SB 228 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services on 4/1/2019.

NV resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical expansion

New Hampshire

Legislation is pending, House Bill 481, to allow for the use, possession, and retail sale of marijuana by adults.

Update: The House Ways and Means Committee submitted a report with an “ought-to-pass with amendment” recommendation for HB 481 on 3/28.

NH resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of legalization

Legislation is pending, House Bill 364, to permit qualifying patients to cultivate personal use quantities of cannabis for therapeutic purposes.

The measure would permit patients to grow up to three mature plants and 12 seedlings and to possess up to two ounces of home-grown medical cannabis.

Update: HB 364 had a hearing in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on 3/26/2019.

NH resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of home cultivation

Legislation is pending, HB 350, to expand medical cannabis access.

The measure expands the pool of medical professionals who are eligible to recommend medical cannabis by permitting physician assistants to issue recommendations to their patients.

Update: HB 364 had a hearing in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on 3/26/2019.

NH resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical expansion

Legislation is pending, House Bill 459, to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations.

Update: HB 459 was approved by the New Hampshire House of Representatives on 3/19.

NH resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of industrial hemp production

Legislation is pending, House Bill 399, that would permit those convicted of past marijuana offenses to seek an expungement of their criminal records.

Update: HB 399 is scheduled for a hearing in the House Judiciary Committee on 4/2/2019 at 10:30am.

NH resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of record expungement.

New Jersey

Senate Bill 2703 and Assembly Bill 4497: The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory and Expungement Aid Modernization Act would regulate adult use marijuana sales and also provide for the expungement of certain past records.

Update: S. 2703 was scheduled for a full floor vote on 3/25/2019, but the vote was cancelled after falling just a few votes shy of the threshold needed for passage. The bill now awaits another vote that has yet to be scheduled.

NJ resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of legalization

3205 / A. 4498, would make more crimes eligible for expungement — including offenses involving controlled dangerous substances — and cut the wait time down to five years. It also includes a “clean slate” process that will wipe away all offenses at once for anyone who has a clean record for 10 years after their last offense. Many more serious crimes would not be eligible.

Update: S. 3205 was heard and approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on 3/18, and A. 4498 was heard and approved the Assembly Appropriations Committee on 3/18. The bills are scheduled to be considered by the full chambers on Monday 3/25.

NJ resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of expungement

Senate Bill 10 and Assembly Bill 10 seek to expand patients’ access to medical cannabis.

The measure facilitates the expansion of additional medical cannabis growers and providers, while also expanding the amount of cannabis a patient may legally purchase and possess. It further expands the pool of licensed health professional who may recommend medical cannabis, and shields registered patients from employment discrimination and the loss of child custody. It also phases out retail sales taxes on medical cannabis, amongst other changes.

Update: A. 10 was heard and approved by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on 3/18. The bills awaiting scheduled floor votes.

NJ resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical expansion

New Mexico

Senate Bill 406:

Allows medical practitioners to recommend medical cannabis for several new conditions, including PTSD, Parkinson’s, and severe chronic pain;

Prohibits employers from taking adverse action on an employee due to a positive drug test result or their status as a patient

Allows primary caregivers to obtain a license to grow medical cannabis;

Removes medical cannabis use as a violation of probation or parole;

Protects patients who require organ transplants

Update: SB 406 was approved by the House of Representatives on 3/16, and now heads to the governor’s desk.

NM resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical expansion

New York

Legislation is pending, S.4117, that would prohibit the eviction of tenants for using medical marijuana for a certified medical use.

Update: S. 4117 had a hearing in the Senate Housing, Construction and Community Development Committee on 3/26.

NY resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of housing protections

North Carolina

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 168, to expand the state’s medical CBD exemption law.

The measure expands the pool of individuals eligible for a medical CBD exemption to include those diagnosed with autism, multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, and Mitochondrial disease.

Update: S. 168 was heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee on 3/20.

NC resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of expanded medical CBD exemptions

North Dakota

House Bill 1417 allows physicians to explicitly authorize patients diagnosed with cancer to legally possess greater quantities of cannabis than are generally allowed under the law.

Separately, House Bill 1519 would permit providers to recommend medical cannabis to those diagnosed with 13 additional conditions, including anorexia nervosa, anxiety, opioid use disorder or withdrawal, and autism.

A third measure, House Bill 1283, would allow physicians assistants to recommend medical cannabis to their patients.

And a separate measure, House Bill 1364, would permit edible medical cannabis products, as long as they do not appeal to minors.

Update: HB 1417, 1519, and 1283 were all approved by the Senate Human Services Committee. HB 1364 was reported out of committee without a recommendation.

ND resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical expansion

Oklahoma

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 868 / House Bill 2628, to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations.

Update: SB 868 is scheduled for a hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development on 4/1/2019 at 3:00pm and HB 2628 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Wildlife on 4/1/2019 at 10:00am.  

OK resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of industrial hemp production

Oregon

Legislation is pending, House Bill 3169, which seeks to allow licensed cannabis businesses to safely conduct transactions with financial institutions.

If passed, this legislation would allow banking institutions and credit unions to organize as limited charter cannabis financial institutions.

Update: HB 3169 had a publice hearing in the House Economic Development Committee on 3/25.

OR resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of banking access

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 420, to expand upon Oregon’s expungement law.

The measure would direct the Department of Justice to automatically conduct a review of past misdemeanor cannabis convictions, and to “set aside” offenses that are no longer a crime under state law.

Update: SB 420 is scheduled for a work session in the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on 4/8/2019 at 8:00am.

OR resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of expungement.

Rhode Island

5290 would protect registered medical cannabis patients from employment discrimination. The measure would prohibit employers from arbitrarily discriminating against employees who legally consume medical cannabis off-the-job in accordance with state law.

Update: H. 5290 had a hearing in the House Judiciary Committee on 3/26/2019.

RI resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical cannabis patients.

5828 would establish a system for the regulation and taxation for the adult-use and cultivation of marijuana in the state of Rhode Island. The bill would allow for the personal possession of up to one ounce of cannabis outside the home and up to five ounces of cannabis in a person’s primary residence. It also allows for the cultivation of up to two cannabis plants in a person’s home, with one or fewer being mature.

Update: H. 5290 had a hearing in the House Judiciary Committee on 3/26/2019.

RI resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical cannabis patients.

South Carolina

3660 / S. 366: The South Carolina Compassionate Care Act, would regulate medical cannabis distribution and access, but it prohibits the inhalation or smoking of herbal medical cannabis.

Update: S. 366 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Committee on Medical Affairs on 4/4/2019 at 10:00am in the Gressette Room 308.

SC resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical cannabis access

Legislation is pending, H 3449, to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with new federal hemp regulations.

Update: H 3449 was heard in the House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee on 3/21.

SC resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of industrial hemp production

Tennessee

Legislation is pending, SB 256/HB 235, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana in Tennessee.

The measure would remove criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana.

Update: HB 235 has a hearing scheduled in the Criminal Justice Subcommittee on 4/3/2019.

TN resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization

Legislation is pending, SB 260/HB 234, to allow out-of-state medical cannabis patients to legally possess their medicine while visiting Tennessee.

Under this measure, patients who are registered to use medical cannabis in those 33 jurisdictions that permit its therapeutic use may legally possess up to a half-ounce of cannabis while visiting Tennessee.

Update: HB 234 has a hearing scheduled in the Criminal Justice Subcommittee on 4/3/2019.

TN resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of out-of-state protections

Legislation is pending, SB 357 / HB 844, to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations.

Update: HB 844 was heard by the House Rules Committee on 3/21.

TN resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of industrial hemp production

Vermont

54 would establish a regulatory framework for the regulation of a commercial, adult use marijuana market.

Update: S. 54 was heard by the House Committee on Government Operations on 3/27.

VT resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of regulation

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 58, to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations.

Update: S. 58 was approved by the Senate Committees on Finance, Agriculture, and Appropriations on 3/22.

VT resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of industrial hemp production

Washington

Legislation is pending, SB 5605 / HB 1500, to allow individuals with prior misdemeanor cannabis convictions to apply to the sentencing court to have their record vacated.

Update: SB 5605 recently had a hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety on 3/25, and is scheduled for an executive session in the House Committee on Public Safety on 4/2/2019 at 3:30pm.

WA resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of vacating past records

Legislation is pending, House Bill 1095 / Senate Bill 5442, to allow medical cannabis to be administered to patients at school.

Update: HB 1095 had a public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education on 3/27.

WA resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of allowing medical cannabis in schools

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 5276, to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations.

Update: SB 5276 is scheduled for an executive session in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming.

WA resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of industrial hemp production

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Trends in Prevailing Wage Laws, 2017

Prevailing wage laws are laws created by state governments or local municipalities to set a rate of pay that is thought to be standard for a labor group contracted to do public-sector projects in that area. The standard rate of pay is oftentimes determined by analyzing local wage data and identifying the median or average rate of pay for a labor group or project.

While prevailing wage laws are decided on a state-by-state basis for state and local contracts, the federal government is mandated to pay prevailing wages to its contracted workers by both the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931, which governs wages for construction and repair contracts regarding public buildings or projects, and the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act of 1965, which governs contracts for services rendered to the federal government.

Twenty-nine states currently have prevailing wage laws.

Among the 29 states with a prevailing wage law, most states (21) have a dollar threshold amount for contract coverage under the law.

Threshold amounts range from a low of $1,000 in California and Rhode Island to a high of $400,000 in Connecticut. More than half of states with a threshold (12) have a threshold amount between $25,000 and $50,000.

Eight states—Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Texas and Washington—do not have a threshold amount for contract coverage.

There are currently 21 states without a prevailing wage law. Among those states, 13 have had a prevailing wage law on the books at some point in the past, but those laws were either repealed or invalidated by the court.

Recently, three states—Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia—have repealed their prevailing wage laws:

In two states—Arizona and Oklahoma—the courts have invalidated prevailing wage statutes. Arizona’s law was invalidated by a court decision in 1980 and fully repealed by referendum in 1984. Oklahoma’s law was invalidated in 1995.

In addition to the three states that have recently repealed their laws, from 1979-1988 eight states—Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire and Utah—repealed their laws.

Indiana: repealed its Common Construction Wage statute in 2015. Prevailing wages that applied to contracts for construction greater than $350,000 awarded before July 1, 2015, are still enforceable.

Kentucky: On Jan. 7, 2017, Gov. Matt Bevin signed HB 3, which repealed Kentucky’s prevailing wage statutes.

West Virginia: effective May 2016, West Virginia’s prevailing wage statute was repealed.

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Dystopia arrives not all at once, but stealthily, piece by piece.

If you want to know what the US would be like during a second Trump-Pence-Vance administration, just visit some red states.

Utah has just unleashed a wave of book bans and almost all the banned authors are female.

Books by Margaret Atwood, Judy Blume, Rupi Kaur and Sarah J Maas are among 13 titles that the state of Utah has ordered to be removed from all public school classrooms and libraries. This marks the first time a state has outlawed a list of books statewide, according to PEN America’s Jonathan Friedman, who oversees the organisation’s free expression programs. The books on the list were prohibited under a new law requiring all of Utah’s public school districts to remove books if they are banned in either three districts, or two school districts and five charter schools. Utah has 41 public school districts in total. The 13 books could be banned under House bill 29, which became effective from 1 July, because they were considered to contain “pornographic or indecent” material. The list “will likely be updated as more books begin to meet the law’s criteria”, according to PEN America. Twelve of the 13 titles were written by women. Six books by Maas, a fantasy author, appear on the list, along with Oryx and Crake by Atwood, Milk and Honey by Kaur and Forever by Blume. Two books by Ellen Hopkins appear, as well as Elana K Arnold’s What Girls Are Made Of and Craig Thompson’s Blankets.

Utah is looking for a way of "legally" disposing of the books because burning them would invite obvious comparisons with Nazis.

Implementation guidelines say that banned materials must be “legally disposed of” and “may not be sold or distributed”. PEN America Freedom to Read programme director Kasey Meehan said that such “vague” guidelines will “undoubtedly result in dumpsters full of books that could otherwise be enjoyed by readers” and that while they stop short of “calling for book burning, the effect is the same: a signal that some books are too dangerous”. Let Utah Read, a coalition of organisations, librarians, teachers and parents among others, has started a petition to “fix the ‘sensitive materials’ law”. “It is a dark day for the freedom to read in Utah,” said Meehan. The list of banned books “will impose a dystopian censorship regime across public schools and, in many cases, will directly contravene local preferences. Allowing just a handful of districts to make decisions for the whole state is anti-democratic.”

I hope that Utah school library users and librarians manage to hide the books so that the MAGA book-banning fascists can't destroy them.

The Republican Party which gave us Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, Ron DeSantis, and Marjorie Taylor Greene runs Utah with an iron fist. Republicans have given up on even the pretense of freedom. They have unapologetically gone full blown authoritarian. As such, they should not be entrusted with any elected office at any level in the United States.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 4/6/18

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup!

I first want to bring your attention to some key developments happening at the state level. Proponents of a 2018 medical cannabis ballot measure in Utah achieved a signature milestone last week, a representative from the Lt. Governor’s Office said that officials have already validated 117,000 signatures from registered voters — more than than the 113,000 necessary to qualify for the state ballot.

Also at the state level, The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs announced plans to solicit public comment on how marijuana is classified under state law and whether any change in its classification status is warranted. The Division will solicit comments during a series of public events, known as “informal conferences,” in Newark and Trenton later this month. The Division also will accept written submissions.

At a more local level, the Albuquerque, New Mexico City Council approved a proposal to decriminalize marijuana, Portland, Oregon is using $300,000 in marijuana tax revenue to fund a public education program about safe driving, and voters in Naturita and Berthoud, Colorado approved ballot measures allowing marijuana businesses to operate.

Following are the bills from around the country that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check http://norml.org/act for legislation pending in your state.

Don’t forget to sign up for our email list and we will keep you posted as these bills and more move through your home state legislature and at the federal level.

Your highness, Carly

Priority Alerts

Federal

End Prohibition: Representatives Tom Garrett (R-VA) and Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) have introduced bipartisan legislation, HR 1227, to exclude marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus leaving states the authority to regulate the plant how best they see fit.

The “Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017” eliminates federal criminal penalties for possessing and growing the plant. This legislation gives states the power and flexibility to establish their own marijuana policies free from federal interference.

Click here to e-mail your Representative and urge them to support this important legislation

Missouri

House Bill 1488 seeks to establish provisions regarding the legalization of marijuana as well as establish certain licensing requirements.

Update: HB 1488 will be heard by the House General Law Committee on 4/10 at 5 PM or upon adjournment (whichever is later) in House Hearing Room 5.

MO resident? Click here to email your elected officials in support of legalization

New Hampshire

Senate Bill 388 is pending, to expand the state’s medical cannabis program. It already passed the full Senate last month.

The bill would authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a second dispensary location in the geographic area that includes Carroll, Coos, and Grafton counties for therapeutic cannabis.

Update: The House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing on SB 388 on 4/11 at 11am in LOB room 206.

NH resident? Click here to email your elected officials in support of medical expansion

Tennessee

SB 1710 and HB 1749 would permit qualified patients to possess marijuana-infused oil products, as well as other non-herbal forms of cannabis, from state-licensed dispensaries. Both patients and physicians would be required to participate in a state registry.

Update: Senator Steve Dickerson, sponsor of SB 1710, killed the bill for this year due to the lack of support from the legislature, but HB 1749 is still scheduled to be heard by the House Health Committee on 4/10.

TN resident? Click here to email your elected officials in support of medical marijuana extracts

California

Expungement Assembly Bill 1793 is pending, “to allow automatic expungement or reduction of a prior cannabis conviction for an act that is not a crime as of January 1, 2017, or for a crime that as of that date subject to a lesser sentence.

Update: The Assembly’s Public Safety Committee will hold a hearing on AB 1793 on 4/17 at 9am.

CA resident? Click here to email your elected officials in support of expunging past convictions

Employment Protections AB 2069, to strengthen employment rights for medical cannabis patients. The bill would explicitly bar employers from discriminating against workers solely because of their status as a medical cannabis patient, or due to testing positive for medical marijuana use on a workplace drug test.

Update: The Assembly’s Labor And Employment Committee will hold a hearing on AB 2069 on 4/18 at 1:30pm.

CA resident? Click here to email your elected officials in support of employment protections for patients

Alaska

Senate Bill 184 prohibits the release of past records for any marijuana offense that is no longer defined as a crime under state law. The bill’s intent is to reduce barriers to employment for people who have been convicted of low-level marijuana possession crimes that would be legal under today’s laws, and to make it more likely that people convicted of only low-level crimes will become contributing members of society.

Update: SB 184 was approved by the Judiciary Committee and referred to the Finance Committee on 3/29.

AK resident? Click here to email your elected officials in support of sealing past convictions

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Hawaii

House Bill 2729 seeks to allow for out-of-state medical marijuana cardholders to access medical cannabis while visiting Hawaii. Other provisions in the bill prohibit employers from either discriminating against or taking punitive actions against employees solely based on their medical cannabis use or patient status. The bill already passed the full House last month.

Update: The Senate Ways and Means Committee approved HB 2729 with amendments on 4/6, and will now go before the full Senate.

HI resident? Click here to email your elected officials in support of reciprocity

Oklahoma

Legislation is pending, HB 3468, to create the Oklahoma Cannabis Commission, contingent upon the results of State Question 788, the statewide ballot measure that would provide patients with regulated access to medical cannabis. NORML endorses State Question 788.

Should the voters decide in favor of SQ 788, the Oklahoma Cannabis Commission would serve to address any issues related to the medical marijuana program in Oklahoma and ensure the swift implementation of the provisions outlined in SQ 788.

OK resident? Click here to email your elected officials in support of the Oklahoma Cannabis Commission

Georgia

House Bill 65 seeks to expand Georgia’s limited medical cannabidiol (CBD) law.

The measure would expand the pool of patients eligible to receive an authorization for CBD therapy to include those with post traumatic stress disorder and intractable pain. The bill also creates a study commission to review and make policy recommendations with regard to whether the state should provide in-state production and distribution of CBD products. Lawmakers failed to take action this session on separate legislation which sought to establish rules regulating CBD production and dispensing.

Update: HB 65 was approved by the House and Senate, and now awaits action from Gov. Nathan Deal.

GA resident? Click here to email Governor Deal in support of medical CBD expansion

Kansas

Legislation is pending, SB 282, to allow for the possession and retail sale of cannabidiol (CBD) products containing zero percent THC. Under this proposed legislation, Kansas citizens would not need to be a part of a patient registry or be diagnosed with a certain qualifying condition in order to legally possess or purchase CBD products. The bill was already passed unanimously by the Senate earlier this year, and the full House last week, with amendments.

Update: The Senate did not agree with the House’s proposed changes, so a conference committee of three members from each house were appointed to work out a version of the bill that will be satisfactory to both houses. The report from the Conference Committee is now available, and will require approval from both chambers.

KS resident? Click here to email your elected officials in support of CBD sales

California

Senate Bill 930 seeks to assist financial institutions safely conduct transactions with licensed cannabis businesses.

SB 930 would allow financial institutions to work with licensed cannabis businesses to issue certified checks and conduct payroll for certified California employees, pay their state and local taxes and fees while lessening the burden on local government to collect and manage large sums of cash, pay their rent, and invest in California’s economy

Update: SB 930 will be heard by the Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee on 4/18 at 1:30pm in Room 112.

CA resident? Click here to email your elected officials in support of banking access

Maryland

House Bill 698 seeks to expand the state’s nascent industrial hemp pilot program. The bill would “authorize and facilitate the research of industrial hemp and any aspect of growing, cultivating, harvesting, processing, manufacturing, transporting, marketing, or selling industrial hemp for agricultural, industrial, or commercial purposes.” It already passed the full House last month.

Update: HB 698 was unanimously approved by the Senate on 4/4, and will now go to Governor Larry Hogan for his signature or veto.

MD resident? Click here to email Governor Hogan in support of an industrial hemp pilot program

Missouri

Senate Bill 547 and House Bill 2034 seek to modify provisions relating to industrial hemp.

If passed, the bills would allow the Department of Agriculture to issue a registration or permit to growers and handlers of agricultural and industrial hemp. It would also create an industrial hemp agricultural pilot program to be implemented by the Department of Agriculture to study the growth, cultivation, and marketing of industrial hemp. Both bills have already passed their respective chambers.

Update: A hearing is scheduled for SB 547 in the House Agriculture Policy Committee on 4/10 at 12PM or upon conclusion of morning session-whichever is later in HR 1. HB 2034 is still pending in committee in the Senate.

MO resident? Click here to email your elected officials in support of industrial hemp modifications

Iowa

Senate File 2398 seeks to establish The Iowa Industrial Hemp Act. The bill would allow the Department of Agriculture to establish a research pilot program that engages in the licensed cultivation, production, and marketing of industrial hemp.

Update: SF 2398 was unanimously approved by the Senate on 4/4, and now awaits action in the House.

IA resident? Click here to email your elected officials in support of industrial hemp research

That’s all for this week, check back next Friday for more legislative updates!

Source: http://blog.norml.org/2018/04/06/weekly-legislative-roundup-4-6-18/

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