PUTNEY — Vermont General Assembly Democratic and Republican support for Senate Bill S.241 legalizing recreational marijuana evaporated during nearly 10 weeks between Senate and House voting. Only Progressives stood firm.
The 150 House seats and 30 Senate seats are apportioned by population. If House support had equaled Senate support for S.241, about five representatives would have supported it for each senator who did.
In Windsor County, just three representatives per senator supported S.241: 60 percent of Senate support. Similarly, in Windham County, House support was 50 percent of Senate support. In Chittenden County, House support was 40 percent of Senate support.
In Addison, Bennington, Caledonia, Lamoille, Orange, and Washington counties, House support was 20 percent of Senate support.
In Rutland County, there was no Senate support for S.241.
In Essex and Orleans counties, there was no House support for S.241.
In Franklin and Grand Isle counties, there was no legislative support for S.241.
Marijuana advocates did not light up enough Vermonters.