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Proposed Pennsylvania Senate Legislation SR258

Legislation Overview

Title: Urging the Congress of the United States to amend the Controlled Substances Act by rescheduling marijuana in order to protect the right under the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of participants in a state-sanctioned medical marijuana program to legally own a firearm and further consider whether marijuana has a proven medical purpose.

Subject:

Description: A Resolution urging the Congress of the United States to amend the Controlled Substances Act by rescheduling marijuana in order to protect the right under the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of participants in a state-sanctioned medical marijuana program to legally own a firearm and further consider whether marijuana has a proven medical purpose.

Session: 2017-2018 Regular Session

Last Action: Adopted (49-0)

Last Action Date: April 25, 2018

Link: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=R&bn=258

Sponsors

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6 sponsors: Anthony Williams (D); Michael Folmer (R); Jay Costa (D); Vincent Hughes (D); Sharif Street (D); Judy Schwank (D)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
Senate	Apr 25, 2018	Adopted (49-0)
Senate	Apr 23, 2018	Amended (46-0)
Senate	Apr 16, 2018	Laid on the table
Senate	Apr 16, 2018	Removed from table
Senate	Jan 29, 2018	Reported as committed
Senate	Jan 26, 2018	Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Amended	not available	state bill text	bill text
Introduced	not available	state bill text	bill text

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	Absent	Passed	Rating	Comments
Senate Floor: SR 258 PN 1684	04/25/2018	49	0	0	Yes		This Resolution, as amended, calls on Congress to remove Marijuana from the Schedule I drug classification due to the impact on 2nd Amendment Rights.
Alloway, Richard (R ) Yea Argall, David (R ) Yea Aument, Ryan (R ) Yea Baker, Lisa (R ) Yea Bartolotta, Camera (R ) Yea Blake, John (D ) Yea Boscola, Lisa (D ) Yea Brewster, James (D ) Yea Brooks, Michele (R ) Yea Browne, Patrick (R ) Yea Corman, John (R ) Yea Costa, Jay (D ) Yea Dinniman, Andrew (D ) Yea DiSanto, John (R ) Yea Eichelberger, John (R ) Yea Farnese, Lawrence (D ) Yea Folmer, Michael (R ) Yea Fontana, Wayne (D ) Yea Gordner, John (R ) Yea Greenleaf, Stewart (R ) Yea Haywood, Arthur (D ) NV Hughes, Vincent (D ) Yea Hutchinson, Scott (R ) Yea Killion, Thomas (R ) Yea Langerholc, Wayne (R ) Yea Laughlin, Daniel (R ) Yea Leach, Daylin (D ) Yea Martin, Scott (R ) Yea McGarrigle, Thomas (R ) Yea McIlhinney, Charles (R ) Yea Mensch, Robert (R ) Yea Rafferty, John (R ) Yea Regan, Mike (R ) Yea Reschenthaler, Guy (R ) Yea Sabatina, John (D ) Yea Scarnati, Joseph (R ) Yea Scavello, Mario (R ) Yea Schwank, Judy (D ) Yea Stefano, Patrick (R ) Yea Street , Sharif (D ) Yea Tartaglione, Christine (D ) Yea Tomlinson, Robert (R ) Yea Vogel, Elder (R ) Yea Vulakovich, Randy (R ) Yea Wagner, Scott (R ) Yea Ward, Kim (R ) Yea White, Donald (R ) Yea Williams, Anthony (D ) Yea Yaw, Gene (R ) Yea Yudichak, John (I ) Yea
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Senate Floor: SR 258 PN 1439, A6899, COSTA AMENDMENT NO. A-6899	04/23/2018	46	0	0	Yes		This amendment refines the language in SR 258 to better clarify the reasons for removal of Marijuana from the Schedule I drug classification due to the impact on 2nd Amendment Rights.
Alloway, Richard (R ) Yea Argall, David (R ) Yea Aument, Ryan (R ) Yea Baker, Lisa (R ) Yea Bartolotta, Camera (R ) Yea Blake, John (D ) Yea Boscola, Lisa (D ) Yea Brewster, James (D ) Yea Brooks, Michele (R ) Yea Browne, Patrick (R ) Yea Corman, John (R ) Yea Costa, Jay (D ) Yea Dinniman, Andrew (D ) Yea DiSanto, John (R ) Yea Eichelberger, John (R ) Yea Farnese, Lawrence (D ) Yea Folmer, Michael (R ) Yea Fontana, Wayne (D ) Yea Gordner, John (R ) Yea Greenleaf, Stewart (R ) Yea Haywood, Arthur (D ) NV Hughes, Vincent (D ) Yea Hutchinson, Scott (R ) Yea Killion, Thomas (R ) NV Langerholc, Wayne (R ) Yea Laughlin, Daniel (R ) Yea Leach, Daylin (D ) Yea Martin, Scott (R ) Yea McGarrigle, Thomas (R ) Yea McIlhinney, Charles (R ) Yea Mensch, Robert (R ) Yea Rafferty, John (R ) Yea Regan, Mike (R ) Yea Reschenthaler, Guy (R ) Yea Sabatina, John (D ) Yea Scarnati, Joseph (R ) Yea Scavello, Mario (R ) Yea Schwank, Judy (D ) Yea Stefano, Patrick (R ) NV Street , Sharif (D ) Yea Tartaglione, Christine (D ) Yea Tomlinson, Robert (R ) Yea Vogel, Elder (R ) Yea Vulakovich, Randy (R ) Yea Wagner, Scott (R ) Yea Ward, Kim (R ) NV White, Donald (R ) Yea Williams, Anthony (D ) Yea Yaw, Gene (R ) Yea Yudichak, John (I ) Yea
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Senate State Government: Reported as Committed	01/29/2018	9	0	0	Yes		This Resolution calls on Congress to remove Marijuana from the Schedule I drug classification due to the impact on 2nd Amendment Rights.
Alloway, Richard (R ) Yea Dinniman, Andrew (D ) Yea Killion, Thomas (R ) NV Leach, Daylin (D ) Yea McIlhinney, Charles (R ) Yea Regan, Mike (R ) Yea Schwank, Judy (D ) Yea Stefano, Patrick (R ) Yea White, Donald (R ) Yea Williams, Anthony (D ) Yea
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