Rep. Kate Meiners of Kansas City was the lone Democrat who voted against the bill, but a former committee member appeared at the proceedings to say she would also have opposed it. Rep. Vicki Englund, D-Mehlville, who was on the committee until last week, told reporters she would have voted no but Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin, had removed her from the committee.
Rep. Kate Meiners, D-Jackson County, is sponsoring the bill, which was read for the second time on Tuesday and has not been assigned to a committee. Last year Meiners' medical marijuana bill was effectively killed by not receiving a committee hearing.
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