The Texas House is scheduled to vote on a bill on Thursday that would make low-level marijuana possession punishable by a fine with no jail time.
The development comes one month after the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee approved the decriminalization legislation in a 5-2 vote.
Under the bill, possession of one ounce or less of marijuana would be punishable by a $250 fine for the first two offenses, and it would be considered a class C misdemeanor for subsequent offenses, which is a lower penalty than is the case under current law.
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Kyle Jaeger ~ MarijuanaMoment.net ~
