But Webert’s bill, along with several others drafted by House Republicans, have had no movement at all during the first four weeks of the session, a sign that the caucus has been unable to reach consensus.
Kilgore acknowledged concerns about the issue from some caucus members.
Last week, Speaker Todd Gilbert told The Associated Press, “The whole space is a bit of a mess right now.”
“The mess was not created by us,” added Gilbert, who now leads the chamber after Republicans retook it and swept Virginia’s statewide offices in the November election.
Other Republican bill sponsors and committee chairs did not respond to requests for comment from the AP.
Democratic Sen. Adam Ebbin, a lead architect of the 2021 law, is sponsoring two key pieces of Senate marijuana legislation this year. One bill would allow existing medical marijuana providers to begin selling recreational marijuana to adults a year earlier than the Jan. 1, 2024, date called for in the 2021 law. Among other things, the second bill calls for requiring cannabis retail stores to close by 9 p.m. and open no earlier than 8 a.m. and requiring the Cannabis Control Authority to come up with regulations by Jan. 1, 2023, instead of July 1, 2023.
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