Texas marijuana bills receive raves and rants during committee hearing
On a night when 22 bills were discussed in committee, marijuana by far was the most popular subject.
Over 60 people registered to testify on the four marijuana related bills which would decrease penalties for possession, and several of those same people testified on other drug penalty bills as well. It was standing room only for the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee in the Texas House of Representatives.
The hearing lasted over six hours, and discussion began on the cannabis bills about four hours in following discussion on bills which would itemize court costs, make flying drones less than 400 feet over industrial areas considered trespassing, changes to court procedures, victim remediation programs, requiring police to get a warrant in order to obtain cell phone data, and many bills concerning drugs, most of which would decrease the penalties for possession of small amounts.
Representative Harold Dutton was a fixture in the committee, coming forth to testify on many bills. At one point he cracked a joke about being ready to get to the “joint committee” as the room laughed, and was more serious later on as he cited the need for Texas to stop imprisoning so many people, saying “the more prison cells we have, the more people we’ll find to put in them.”
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[font color=green]My impression is that the committee is blowing smoke.[/font] 
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