Passage of HB551 now places the proposed amendment on the ballot in the November 2024 general election.
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The legislation would require the state comptroller to establish a digital currency that is fully backed by gold and fully redeemable in cash or gold as well. The comptroller would also be required to create a mechanism to use this gold-backed digital currency in everyday transactions.
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In 1984, George Orwell portrayed in chilling detail how totalitarian governments use the power of language to manipulate the masses. This notion was not unfamiliar to the founders, as James Madison warned that changing definitions of words over time would create “a metamorphosis” that would destroy the original limitations of the Constitution.
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Titled the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, the legislation would prohibit a financial institution operating in North Dakota from requiring or assigning a firearms code.
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By a vote of 34-5, the Florida Senate passed a bill to ban the use of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as money in the state.
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The new law legalizes the sale of raw milk by North Dakota dairy farms directly to consumers for personal consumption. Under current law, raw milk is only available in North Dakota through herd-share programs.
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Under the bill as approved by the House, a person over 21 would be allowed to possess up to two ounces of marijuana in public and 1.5 pounds at home, with lower limits for cannabis concentrates (8 grams) or THC edibles (800 milligrams of THC). It would also allow members of the public to home grow up to eight plants.
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Despite the fact that the legislation only allows for the state to invest funds in precious metals, but does not require it, the Maine Office of the State Treasurer lobbied against the bill in a hearing on April 26.
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The legislation amends existing state law to allow adults 21 and over to carry concealed firearms without a permit. Active-duty military personnel, National Guard members, and police officers under 21 can also carry concealed without a permit.
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The legislation would recognize cannabis and hemp as food as a protected right under the Constitution in Maine. In effect, this would ensure there is no state ban on the sale of food, drinks, or supplements containing cannabinoids or THC. This is crucial because the federal government continues to prohibit cannabis as a controlled substance, and despite removing hemp from the list of controlled substances, the federal government still prohibits the sale of CBD products in food under FDA rules.
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