COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Members of the Ohio Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to reject concurrence on Senate Bill 56 and the changes which cleared the Ohio House of Representatives last week.

The bill that cleared the Senate earlier this year was intended to clarify aspects of the state’s adult-use recreational marijuana laws. The version the House approved last week included changes to regulate intoxicating hemp products on the heels of Gov. Mike DeWine’s declaration of a public health emergency.

The legislation is now likely headed to a conference committee, as was signaled by Senate leadership least week.

Senate President Robert McColley emphasized again on Wednesday that that details still need to be ironed out.

“I think it’s abundantly clear we need a regulatory structure around int

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