A Kansas Legislators introduced one Bill for the release of the convicts cannabis-related offenses from their sentences and erasing previous convictions and arrest records related to cannabisreported Kansas Reflector.

if passed House bill 2363from House Minority Leader Vic Miller and 34 other representatives, would come into effect on July 1, 2023.

Under the measure, those who are currently “serving a probationary period, are assigned to a community correctional program, are serving a suspended sentence, a non-prison sentence, are on parole or post-release supervision, are serving a sentence in county jail, or are being monitored by a community solely for a crime.” will be “immediately released from custody or custody” as described in the subsection, and their “related convictions and arrest records would be erased and erased from all applicable state and federal systems.”

With the new legislation, Miller is attempting to address legislative procrastination on marijuana legalization.

“It doesn’t legalize it per se, but it removes the serving of a sentence,” he said calledadding that “I think it would probably save tens of millions of dollars related to these prosecutions in these incarcerations”.

Senate bill legalizing MMJ

Meanwhile, the senators from Kansas continue to push for cannabis policy reform.

Their measure, which would regulate the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale and use of medicinal cannabis, was recently tabled by the Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB135 seeks to allow patients with any of 21 medical conditions, including cancer, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and chronic pain, to name a few, to legally possess up to a month’s supply of medicinal cannabis. Interestingly, smoking and vaping cannabis products would be considered illegal under the new law.

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