JOINT MEMORIAL · 1999–00 SESSION
SJM 8005: Marijuana
Urging Congress to downgrade marijuana to a Schedule II controlled substance.
Summary
- The Washington State Legislature requests that the President and Congress remove marijuana from the list of Schedule I controlled substances and list it as a Schedule II controlled substance.
From the Senate Bill Report (SJM 8005), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 18, 1999
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Filed
- Prime sponsor
- Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
- Introduced
- January 18, 1999 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 2000
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
10 co-sponsors (7 Democrats, 3 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SJM 8005 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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- SJM 8005 (2019–20) Biochar
- SJM 8005 (2017–18) I-5 bridge names/Nisqually
- SJM 8005 (2015–16) Banking/Glass-Steagall act
- SJM 8005 (2013–14) SR 117 POW/MIA mem. highway
- SJM 8005 (2011–12) Taiwan