BOSTON (AP) — House leaders have decided to postpone debate on a contentious bill that calls for changes to the recreational marijuana law approved by voters in November.
The House was to take up the measure Thursday, but Speaker Robert DeLeo announced after a closed-door caucus of House Democrats that a vote would be put off until at least next week.
Earlier Wednesday, a sharply-divided legislative committee voted to advance the bill that among other things calls for higher taxes on recreational marijuana and gives local officials more control over retail pot stores in their communities.
None of the Marijuana Policy Committee’s seven senators voted in favor of the bill, and some House members also expressed reservations.
The proposal envisioned a 28 percent tax on marijuana, compared to the 12 percent tax in the current law.
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