LANSING, MI (WNEM) - A local lawmaker is working to give hundreds of people a second chance if recreational marijuana is legalized come the November election.
Last week, State Rep. Sheldon Neeley introduced a bill that would make it easier for those convicted of misdemeanor marijuana crimes to have those records set aside.
“If marijuana becomes legal, I don’t believe that it should still be a burden on those individuals that have had these crimes placed on their permanent record,” Neeley said.
Neeley is working to pass new legislation that would remove non-violent misdemeanor marijuana charges from a person’s permanent record if voters make recreational marijuana legal in the November election.
“They should be expunged of that crime automatically, up on the legislation of marijuana,” Neeley said.
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