Number
241515
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
241415
Sponsor
ALD. JACKSON
Title
Substitute resolution amending the City of Milwaukee's State Legislative Package relating to the regulation of marijuana.
Analysis
This resolution amends the City of Milwaukee’s Legislative Package to include the introduction and passage of state legislation regulating marijuana. This regulation may include expungement of non-violent marijuana convictions, expansion of medical marijuana access, legalization of recreational marijuana, establishment of state and local excise taxes on marijuana sales, dedication of marijuana tax revenue partly to public health campaigns, establishment of a Cannabis Regulatory Board, creation of guidelines regarding the production and sales of marijuana edibles, restriction of marijuana product advertising, and granting of authority to municipalities in connection with the licensing and zoning of marijuana businesses
Body
Whereas, The Common Council adopted the City of Milwaukee’s 2025-26 State Legislative Package on January 21, 2025, through File Number 241415; and
Whereas, The 2025-26 State Legislative Package does not address the important matter of marijuana regulation, on which Wisconsin is among few states that have not acted; and
Whereas, The National Conference of State Legislatures reported, on June 20, 2024, that Wisconsin was among 22 states that did not have legislation providing for record clearance of certain cannabis-related offenses; and
Whereas, The Rockefeller Institute of Government reports that, as of November, 2023, Wisconsin was among 11 states that had legalized neither medical nor recreational marijuana; and
Whereas, The Wisconsin Policy Forum reported in February, 2023, that 50% of all Wisconsin residents 21 years or over live within a 75-minute drive of a recreational dispensary in Illinois, Michigan, or Minnesota, potentially representing significant revenue loss as Wisconsinites purchase marijuana products ...
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