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Home 🌿 Recreational Marijuana News 🌿 Delaware Senate Committee Approves Bill To Remove Criminal Penalties For Marijuana Possession 🌿Delaware Senate Committee Approves Bill To Remove Criminal Penalties For Marijuana Possession
The Delaware Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill 4-2 on Wednesday that would remove criminal penalties and potential jail time for simple adult marijuana possession and replace them with a civil fine similar to a traffic ticket. The measure will now be considered by the full Senate.
HB 39, introduced by Rep. Helene Keeley (D-Wilmington South) in the House and sponsored by Judiciary Committee Chair Margaret Rose Henry (D-Wilimington East) in the Senate, would make possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by an adult a civil violation punishable by a $100 fine with no possibility of jail. Under current Delaware law, possession of up to one ounce of marijuana is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $575 fine and up to three months in jail.
The House of Representatives approved HB 39 on June 2, and Gov. Jack Markell (D) said in a March letter to the...
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