Mirroring bills in both the House and the Senate were filed by Democrats, Representative Rachel Roberts and state Senators Morgan McGarvey and David Yates. The legislation would make it legal to grow, sell and use cannabis. The L.E.T.T.’s Grow bill, which stands for legalize, expunge, treat and tax would allow marijuana to be marketed as a Kentucky Proud product, erase misdemeanor convictions for thousands of Kentuckians, fund substance use disorder treatment facilities and create revenue.
This legislation is similar to HB 136 which was filed by Republicans. The difference is that the Democrat’s bill includes recreational marijuana use and the Republican bill would legalize the drug for medicinal use.
