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The legislation would establish a limited medical marijuana program in Kentucky. Qualified patients could access medical marijuana at state-licensed dispensaries. Home cultivation and smoking marijuana would still be prohibited. Whole-flower products would be legal, but patients would have to vaporize them.

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Bills introduced in the New York House and Senate would eliminate the state’s conformity with Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 280E. The enactment of this law would implement a small but important tax relief measure for legal marijuana businesses in New York.

BOSTON, Mass. (March 16, 2022) – A bill introduced in the Massachusetts Senate would reform the state’s asset forfeiture laws to remove the financial incentive for state and local police to participate in the federal “equitable sharing” program. Sen. Cynthia Creem (D) and a coalition of Democrats introduced Senate Bill 2671 (S2671) on Feb. 10.

The legislation would prohibit state and local agents from enforcing or administering any executive order issued by the president that "limits or restricts the ownership, use, or possession of firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories by law-abiding residents of the state." The bill would also ban the expenditure of public funds for the same.

The lesson here is pretty straightforward. As Tenth Amendment Center Executive Director Michael Boldin noted, "When enough people say, ‘No!’ to the federal government, and enough states pass laws backing those people up, there’s not much the feds can do to shove their so-called laws, regulations, or mandates down our throats."

The legislation declares that any “federal action relating to a firearm, firearm magazine, firearm accessory, or firearm ammunition that is intended to restrict the possession, transfer, or use of a firearm, firearm magazine, firearm accessory, or firearm ammunition is unenforceable by a state actor in the state.”

This directly confronts upcoming infringements on the right to keep and bear arms including two executive orders issued by Joe Biden to criminalize “pistol braces” and to require registration of popular “80 percent lowers” — homemade firearms. It would also bar state and local enforcement of any other future gun control schemes implemented by the federal government.

House Bill 1455 (HB1455) would prohibit "state enforcement of any federal law, order, or rule that requires an individual, as a condition of employment or any other activity, to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or to submit more than once per month to COVID-19 testing."

The legislation would add some much-needed updates to a “Second Amendment Sanctuary” law enacted in 2021 that – in practice – created a sanctuary for absolutely nothing.