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Since it’s acceptance in an emergency weekend session, Senate Bill 1014 has moved through the House this week as planned, after Connecticut law makers voted 90 to 57 in favor of the bill, which will decrease the penalties for possession of up to one-half ounce of cannabis from a misdemeanor punishable by jail time, to a non-criminal infraction, punishable by a fine.

Now that the bill has successfully moved through legislation, it will head to the desk of Governor Dannel P. Malloy to be signed into effect. Should the CT Governor pass the bill, it will make Connecticut the fourteenth state to remove criminal sanctions and arrests for minor possession of cannabis and opt for mostly non-criminal penalties.

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In today’s special session at Connecticut’s Capitol, the Connecticut Senate passed legislation (SB 1014) which will decriminalize the possession of smaller amounts of cannabis.

In hopes of pushing it to the House by next Wednesday’s adjournment, Senate Bill 1014 was modified by proponents for the bill recently to increase the fines incurred and removing medical cultivation from the decriminalized items after it received heat from other Senators concerned about the implications of increased usage in minors as well as marijuana cultivation.

The bill would make possession of less than half an ounce of marijuana punishable with a fine of $150 for a first offense and $200 to $500 for subsequent offenses. Anyone under 21 years old would face a 60-day driver’s license suspension.

(Source: NBC Connecticut)