The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted 5–0 to recommend rejection of HB1653, this year’s attempt at marijuana decriminalization. Committee members claimed that since the Governor is threatening a veto anyway, there’d be no point in passing the bill. The bill is yet to be voted on by the full Senate, but with a unanimous recommendation from the committee, it’s unlikely that the bill will be anything but killed. The bill had previously passed the House with a 214–137 vote. The Eagle-Tribune has the full story.

This vote comes a mere six days before the planned 420 at 4:20 on 4/20 rally on the State House lawn.