(Indiana) Gun bill dies in house - then as time ticks down gets a new name and is revived
The reaction to the Parkland kids slowed this down. Legislative session ends March 14. This happened at the end of the week (mofos!)
https://www.wthr.com/article/bill-to-legalize-cbd-oil-in-indiana-suddenly-transformed-into-gun-bill-instead
INDIANAPOLIS -- Few lawmakers expected the vote to be unanimous. But it was.
In late January, the Indiana House of Representatives voted 93-0 to pass HB 1214, a bill that would legalize CBD oil for thousands of Hoosiers who say they desperately need it to treat their pain, seizures, Alzheimer’s Disease and other medical problems.
It got plenty of support in the Senate, too, passing by a 3-to-1 margin. All it needs now is for a joint conference committee to work out some differences in the House and Senate versions of the bill, and then it’s off to the governor for his signature.
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Yes,” he said. “It doesn’t have anything to do with CBD oil. Nothing. Not anymore.”
At that moment, I realized what Friend had actually said: V-E-H-I-C-L-E. HB 1214 has been tagged by House leadership as a vehicle bill. The legislation that Friend carefully shepherded through multiple committee hearings and floor votes in the House and Senate to make CBD oil legal in the state of Indiana has lost its identity. It has lost its soul.
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The mutant zombie bill now has the heart of SB 33 and the brain of HB 1424.
SB 33 was authored by Sen. Jack Sandlin (R-Indianapolis) and Sen. Jim Tomes (R-Wadesville), and it would allow individuals who can legally possess a firearm to carry a gun onto school property at a church – as long as the church doesn’t have a ban against guns. The full Senate passed the bill 43-5, and the House Public Policy Committee then approved the proposal 10-0. It was never called for a final vote in the House.
HB 1424 would allow Hoosiers to obtain a state gun permit that is free and that lasts a lifetime. (Current law requires a fee to obtain a gun permit, and some of those permits last only four or five years.) Rep. Tim Wesco (R-Elkhart) authored the bill, which passed the full House 71-20 and the Senate Judiciary Committee 7-3 before stalling in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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