{"id":4851,"date":"2023-04-28T10:09:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T15:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/28\/texas-house-passes-bill-slashing-penalties-for-low-level-cannabis-possession\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T10:09:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T15:09:21","slug":"texas-house-passes-bill-slashing-penalties-for-low-level-cannabis-possession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/28\/texas-house-passes-bill-slashing-penalties-for-low-level-cannabis-possession\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas House passes bill slashing penalties for low-level cannabis possession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        The Texas House of Representatives on Thursday gave its final approval to a bill that would eliminate jail time for people busted with small quantities of cannabis. House Bill 218\u00a0would reduce possession of up to one ounce of cannabis to a Class C misdemeanor, an offense for which the maximum penalty is a fine of up to $500.\u00a0Additionally, the measure would establish a process through which people with possession convictions can have them expunged from their records. State Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso, the bill&#8217;s author, said the change will save the state money and allow law enforcement officials to concentrate on dealing with serious criminal activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas House of Representatives on Thursday gave its final approval to a bill that would eliminate jail time for people busted with small quantities of cannabis. House Bill 218\u00a0would reduce possession of up to one ounce of cannabis to a Class C misdemeanor, an offense for which the maximum penalty is a fine of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4851"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}