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US: On 4/20, Connecticut lawmakers pass bill allowing more potent cannabis

Paul Hughes

CT Insider

Monday 20 Apr 2026

On 4/20, Connecticut lawmakers pass bill allowing more potent cannabis.

HARTFORD — The state House of Representatives voted to allow more potent cannabis to be sold in Connecticut on the unofficial holiday celebrating its recreational use on Monday.

Members of the Republican minority were befuddled why the Democratic majority would pick April 20 to call the bill, and they were far from amused by the timing. House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, later acknowledged goofing up by scheduling the vote.

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"We could have used better taste and judgment. I agree with that," Ritter told reporters.

April 20 — 4/20 — is a nationwide celebration of cannabis, a plant used recreationally and medically for its psychoactive and therapeutic properties that remains illegal at the federal level, but has been legal for purchase for recreational adult-use in Connecticut since Jan. 10, 2023.

"The fact that we're all up here trying to play out somebody's adolescent fantasy about doing something about weed on 4/20 is embarrassing, OK," said state Rep. David Rutigliano, R-Trumbull, the ranking House Republican on the General Law Committee.

The House voted 81-63 to approve the the bill proposing various updates to the state's recreational and medical cannabis laws, with 14 Democrats voting with Republicans against passage.

Ritter, House Majority Leader Jason Rojas, D-East Hartford, and state Rep. Roland Lemar, D-New Haven, the House chairman of the General Law Committee, were questioned about the timing of the vote on House Bill 5350 during a news briefing before Monday's House session.

"You know the date is 4/20, right?" a journalist asked.

"Is it really?" Ritter responded.

https://www.ctinsider.com/cannabis/article/cannabis-bill-420-april-20-state-house-criticism-22216043.php

 

 

 

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