June 11, 2024
May 19, 2023
HARRISBURG – May 19, 2023 − Sens. Sharif Street (D-3) and Dan Laughlin (R-49) announced they will introduce bipartisan legislation to legalize adult use of marijuana in Pennsylvania. “We have a unique and singular opportunity to correct decades of mass incarceration,...
March 31, 2022
Harrisburg, PA − March 31, 2022 − Yesterday the Pennsylvania Senate Banking and Insurance Committee unanimously passed SB1167, our bipartisan cannabis banking bill. We moved forward with an important step in dismantling another cornerstone of cannabis prohibition by...
November 9, 2021
If state lawmakers are on the fence and need any direction, maybe a signal from the Keystone State’s biggest city should persuade them. I wasn’t kidding when I said Pennsylvania is ready for legalization back on 4/20. On Election Day, Philadelphians flexed their...
October 12, 2021
Harrisburg, PA − October 12, 2021 − State Senator Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) and State Senator Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) introduced bipartisan legislation this week to legalize the adult use of marijuana in Pennsylvania. The bill establishes rational and...
June 26, 2021
Harrisburg, Pa. – June 26, 2021 – During budget negotiations Senator Sharif Street offered amendments to HB 1024 impacting Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Program Fund (MMPF). Street also championed an amendment that allows those with felony convictions to be...
February 24, 2021
Senators Dan Laughlin and Sharif Street champion Adult Use Legalization Bill emphasizing safety, social and economic equity HARRISBURG, PA − February 24, 2021 − Today, State Senator Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) and State Senator Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) introduced...
July 9, 2020
HARRISBURG, PA − July 9, 2020 − The pandemic has created unprecedented budget challenges in Pennsylvania. Senator Street sent the following letter to Governor Wolf and Senate leadership at urging them to consider legalizing cannabis to raise revenue in the fall. ...
November 4, 2019
A new effort to legalize recreational cannabis is coming to the Keystone State. Pennsylvania lawmakers Daylin Leach and Sharif Street are hoping to build support for their latest proposal, Senate Bill 350 which they introduced on October 15th. The bill would allow for...
October 31, 2019
Democratic Senators Daylin Leach and Sharif Street submitted the Adult Use Cannabis bill on Oct.15, a bill that would legalize recreational marijuana use for adults 21 and over across Pennsylvania, raising $500 million in tax dollars to schools in Pennsylvania. If the...
October 21, 2019
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Two state senators have introduced a bill that some are calling a model for recreational marijuana legalization. Senate Bill 350, introduced this week by Sen. Sharif Street, D-Philadelphia, and Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery, is being hailed as one...
October 21, 2019
The Pennsylvania Legislature has an opportunity to do the right thing, the re-legalization of marijuana. Yes, re-legalize. Remember, it wasn’t always illegal to grow, sell or use the plant. But the legislature is made up of politicians. So, what are the odds that they...
October 21, 2019
An increasing number of states have legalized cannabis for adult use, with even more states exploring the idea of passing an adult-use legalization law either via citizen initiative or through the legislative process. One of those states is Pennsylvania, which has...
October 19, 2019
WILKES-BARRE — State Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery/Delaware, and Sen. Sharif Street, D-Philadelphia, last week introduced legislation that would end Pennsylvania’s prohibition of cannabis and would legalize cannabis for adult-use in Pennsylvania. “Pennsylvania’s...
October 18, 2019
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Two state senators have introduced a bill that some are calling a model for recreational marijuana legalization. Senate Bill 350, introduced this week by Sen. Sharif Street, D-Philadelphia, and Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery, is being hailed as one...
October 17, 2019
Local governments looking to legalize marijuana across the nation are starting to think about racial equity—at a time when a multi-billion dollar cannabis industry is excluding the communities most devastated by the War on Drugs. As of 2017, more than 80 percent of...
October 17, 2019
Harrisburg, PA (WENY)– A program encouraging recycling could be making its way to Pennsylvania in the near future. Representative Wendy Ullman introduced House Bill 1322 as a way to encourage Pennsylvania residents to recycle, and reward them for doing so. “What...
October 17, 2019
HARRISBURG >> State Senator Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery/Delaware) and State Senator Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) on Oct. 17 introduced legislation that would end Pennsylvania’s prohibition of cannabis and would legalize cannabis for adult-use in Pennsylvania....
October 16, 2019
Pennsylvania State Senator Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery/Delaware) and State Senator Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) have introduced legislation to legalize cannabis for adults over the age of 21 in Pennsylvania. On Tuesday, October 15, Leach and Street introduced Senate...
October 16, 2019
Pennsylvania State Senators Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery/Delaware) and Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) introduced legislation this week that would legalize adult marijuana use across the state. The bill, Senate Bill 350, comes 20 days after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf...
