Medical marijuana bill heads to Pawlenty's desk
5/19/2009 12:25:02 AM

Associated Press

ST. PAUL -- A bill to allow medical use of marijuana for terminally ill patients is headed for Gov. Tim Pawlenty's desk.

The bill cleared the House 70-64 and later passed the Senate 38-28.

House lawmakers amended the legislation to restrict medical marijuana to terminally ill patients with severe symptoms.

The Senate accepted the changes, which made the bill stricter than the Senate version.

Debate in both chambers split Republicans and Democrats, with politicians of both parties on both sides of the issue.

Pawlenty is likely to veto the bill. He has said he shares law enforcement concerns about expanded drug use.

Minn. Senate vote on a medical marijuana bill

ST. PAUL (AP) -- Votes Monday as the Senate, on a 38-28 vote, approved a measure to allow terminally ill patients to use medical marijuana. Voting yes were 34 Democrats and 4 Republicans. Voting no were 12 Democrats and 16 Republicans.

DEMOCRATS VOTING YES

Anderson (St. Paul); Bakk (Cook); Berglin (Minneapolis); Betzold (Fridley); Bonoff (Minnetonka); Carlson (Eagan); Chaudhary (Fridley); Clark (St. Cloud); Cohen (St. Paul); Dahle (Northfield); Dibble (Minneapolis); Doll (Burnsville); Erickson Ropes (Winona); Foley (Coon Rapids); Higgins (Minneapolis); Kelash (Minneapolis); Latz (St. Louis Park); Lourey (Kerrick); Marty (Roseville); Metzen (South St. Paul); Moua (St. Paul); Murphy (Red Wing); Pappas (St. Paul); Pogemiller (Minneapolis); Prettner Solon (Duluth); Rest (New Hope); Rummel (White Bear Lake); Saltzman (Woodbury); Scheid (Brooklyn Park); Sheran (Mankato); Sieben (Newport); Tomassoni (Chisholm); Torres Ray (Minneapolis); Wiger (Maplewood)

DEMOCRATS VOTING NO

Fobbe (Zimmerman); Kubly (Granite Falls); Langseth (Glyndon); Lynch (Rochester); Olseen (Harris); Olson, M. (Bemidji); Saxhaug (Grand Rapids); Skoe (Clearbrook); Skogen (Hewitt); Sparks (Austin); Stumpf (Plummer); Vickerman (Tracy)

REPUBLICANS VOTING YES

Johnson (Ham Lake); Koering (Fort Ripley); Michel (Edina); Vandeveer (Forest Lake)

REPUBLICANS VOTING NO

Day (Owatonna); Dille (Dassel); Fischbach (Paynesville); Frederickson (New Ulm); Gerlach (Apple Valley); Gimse (Willmar); Hann (Eden Prairie); Ingebrigtsen (Alexandria); Jungbauer (East Bethel); Koch (Buffalo); Limmer (Maple Grove); Ortman (Chanhassen); Pariseau (Farmington); Robling (Jordan); Rosen (Fairmont); Senjem (Rochester)

REPUBLICANS NOT VOTING

Olson, G. (Minnetrista)