Minnesota

Tim Walz (D)

Minnesota

Took Office 2019
Term Expires 2022
NORML Grade: B+

2019 Enacted Legislation

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2019 Vetoed Legislation

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Comments

Governor Walz has been an outspoken proponent of adult-use marijuana legalization and in 2019 he ordered state agencies to begin taking steps to prepare for a change in law. Despite the Governor’s support, legislation to legalize and regulate adult marijuana use has been met with staunch opposition from the Republican-controlled Senate.
"My agencies have been tasked to put all of the building blocks in place, from Revenue to the Department of Public Safety to the Department of Health. We will have everything ready to go, and we will be able to implement it in Minnesota the minute the Legislature moves this." (Link)

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