House Minority Whip Karlee Provenza of Albany County is the sponsor of a bill seeking to decriminalize the possession of marijuana and related paraphernalia in the state. Co-sponsored by House Majority Whip Jared Olsen, Senator Cale Case and Senate Minority leader Chris Rothfuss, the bill was received for introduction into the House on Wednesday, Feb. 14.

House Bill 0204 has a multifaceted plan of decriminalization. First, existing criminal penalties related to possession of certain amounts of marijuana would be replaced with civil penalties. A civil penalty is a non-criminal punishment   typically a fine.

The bill would also eliminate possession of marijuana and related paraphernalia from existing drug laws on the books. Medical professionals would also no longer be barred from prescribing marijuana.

If passed, the bill as it is currently written would be implemented by no later than July 1.

https://county17.com/2024/02/16/bipartisan-cannabis-decriminalization-bill-introduced-in-wyoming-house-of-representatives/

I hope they do it right. I used to live in WA, and there were pot shops popping up everywhere...then you got to smell it rolling out of car windows on the road...

Don't worry it won't pass. I think it probably should though ridiculous locking people up for a plant and it gives too much political ammo to the left.

I support eventual legalization, but only when it's done so on the national level. I've seen what kind of shit heels legal weed brought in when I was in AZ. I'd rather have less incentive for the Coloradoans, Kommiefornians, et al... to move here for now.

Exactly how I feel. The turds came out of the wood work when it was legalized in WA. Everybody thinks it's going to be great, but it just turns in to pot smoking in public and while driving.

Let us not forget that, if it's taxed- and it will be- that's more funds for government to mismanage.

Look at all this money for new social programs!

We will be the last state (maybe UT) to go that route. CO is right there and now MT. It isn't that much of an inconvenience for users.

New options for graft and coercion!

Go check out all the places where the devils lettuce has been decriminalized.

10th largest state with the lowest population in the country with less than 6 people per square mile (beaten only by Alaska). Yeah, I doubt that’ll be the reason people will start moving here.

I’d rather have weed smokers than tweakers.

Weed smokers are already here. They just go down south to get it.

We couldn't get full legalization right off the bat so decriminalization is the right thing to do.  But because it's the smart thing, it wont ever get passed.


Edit: just checked and it's dead.