The Legislature approved Senate Bill 5069 to allow state companies to enter marijuana import/export compacts with other states immediately after Congress makes the move. The bill passed the House on March 1 and the Senate on April 12, both with bipartisan support.
“If we are not prepared to commit on a nationwide scale, we are going to be left in the dust,” bill sponsor Sen. Ann Rivers, R-La Center, told Crosscut.
Currently, 39 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized medical cannabis and 21 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational marijuana. Several measures have been proposed in Congress to legalize it, or to remove the possession and sale of marijuana
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