MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Legislature's powerful budget-writing committee have again blocked a Democratic attempt to legalize marijuana for medical use.
The GOP stripped a provision legalizing medical marijuana from Gov. Tony Evers' 2021-23 budget last month.
Democrats on the budget committee introduced a motion Wednesday that would legalize it and provide the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection with roughly $185,000 per year to regulate the drug.
Sen. Howard Marklein, one of the committee's Republican co-chairmen, ruled the motion was out of order since the committee has already removed the medical marijuana provision from the budget.
