Nebraska: Stiffer penalties for possession of marijuana sent to Heineman

LINCOLN -- Getting caught with a little pot may soon be as costly as getting caught drinking before your 21st birthday.

The Nebraska Legislature Tuesday passed a bill increasing the penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana. Legislative Bill 844, introduced by State Sen. Russ Karpisek of Wilber, passed on a 40-2 vote.

If the bill is signed into law by the governor, fines would increase to $300, up from $100, for possession of an ounce or less of marijuana. Fines for a second offense would be increased to $400, up from $200, and for third and subsequent offenses, to $500, up from $300.

The penalty for possessing more than an ounce but less than a pound of marijuana would increase to a maximum of three months in jail and a $500 fine. The current penalty is up to seven days in jail and a $500 fine.

The new penalties compare with a maximum sentence of 90 days in jail and a $500 fine for minors caught possessing alcohol. The marijuana penalties apply to both minors and adults.

Statewide, there were 7,416 citations and arrests for possession, sale and manufacturing of marijuana in 2006, according to the Nebraska Crime Commission.
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BE CAREFULL if this passes. Stiffer fines, more incoming bucks....they'll be on a mission there. Best of luck my friends!!!

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

Watch out Nebraska, soon you'll be like us (Iowa)... automatic arrest for any ammount of MJ, even resin in a pipe will get you a night in jail.
I'm gonna have to pop over to nebraska... didn't realize they were lax.

They would make more money if they would just legalize it and tax it fairly.

dude this blows, and I've lived in Iowa as well so I know what they are like there too. but come on, what's the point of this, there's better things to go after. I think some of the priorities are not in order...

Still better than oklahoma's laws...

1 gram of pot landed me in jail with a year deferred and a year of random u/a's...definitely a lot more expensive here...

Too bad 'we the people' doesn't mean shit...We're the people for the government to take a shit on and to steal money from. In this country we're free...Free to live how they tell us we can live

Twenty, you must be in the sioux city area? This whole region is a trip, I moved out from california and still am boggled.
I hope you can at least find chron in nebraska, as there is no top shelf up here.
Whatcha all doin 4/20?

Finding bud in nebraska is getting harder an harder since there crackin down on all the dealers on the coast...i mean the one dude in Omaha used to move up to lik 100lbs a week and he got busted. Regardless of the reggie demand going way up there will always be the KB home Growers so there will always be something...:hippy: