Did DFL Lawmakers Move Too Quickly On Some Of Last Session's Bills?

By Esme Murphy, CBS Minnesota

August 28, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS -- The legislature enacted a sweeping progressive agenda this spring, but now there are questions about whether the legislature went too fast, and whether some of the bills — including legalized marijuana and school resource officers' use of force — need to be fixed.

It's almost easier to name what the DFL-controlled legislature didn't do this spring. But Republicans say some of the new laws were rushed through and left too many unanswered questions. And that has some legislators calling for a special session.

The biggest questions surround the new legal marijuana law. The new law says marijuana sales won't be legal in Minnesota until 2025. But it's actually in the state constitution that farmers can legally sell crops that they grow. Republicans say there needs to be more clarification and tightening of some other measures. The House GOP wants changes to the provision that makes smoking or vaping weed in public legal. Minnesota is only the fourth state that allows this. There are also questions about the need for tougher penalties for minors.

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