A Senate Rules Committee voted 5-0 to let a bill go to the Senate floor that would allow two marijuana dispensaries to set up shop in Vermont.
The committee took a vote Thursday morning that held up the legislation for a few hours, leaving lawmakers and lobbyists who are supportive of the bill working to make sure the legislation kept moving forward.
The initial vote that briefly stalled the bill came about because the bill did not meet a March deadline for coming out of the Senate's money committees.
Bills often do not meet the deadline, but the rules committee decided to take a closer look at the marijuana legislation, because it was a controversial issue that has the potential to delay the session, said Sen. Bill Doyle.
Even some lawmakers who voted to allow the bill to go to the floor don't support marijuana dispensaries.
Sen. Dick Mazza is one of them, but he said the full Senate should be allowed to weigh in.
"In all fairness, I think the Senate is entitled to vote on it one way or another," said Mazza.
Senate President Pro Tem John Campbell and Sen. Kevin Mullin, both members of the rules committee, also said they do not support the bill.
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