The Maryland Senate will vote on a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage next week as the House readies to debate another legal concession: Patient access to medical marijuana.
A bill that would legalalize marijuana as a prescription-only drug is 10 cosponsors short of the majority votes it needs for passage in the House. By that count, the bill has more support in the House than the same-sex marriage bill, which is 12 cosponsors short of a majority.
But sponsors are only one way to measure support — many lawmakers will vote for a bill that they have not cosponsored.
The Senate approved legalization of medical marijuana in a landslide 35-12 vote last year, but the House never voted it out of committee.
The House Judiciary Committee has scheduled a public hearing on Feb. 28.
