The roll call shows three of four McHenry County State Representatives voted for Lou Lang’s House Bill 1.
They are Jack Franks, Mike Tryon and Barbara Wheeler.
Tim Schmitz, who represents the smallest part of McHenry County (near Huntley), and David McSweeney voted against the measure.
The vote was 61-57. Sixty votes were required for passage. If passed by the Senate and signed by Governor Pat Quinn, it would take effect on January 1, 2014,
Roll call for House Bill 1, the medical marijuana bill.
The bill has 211 pages. You may read it here.
How did you forget McHenry County’s most conservative legislator David McSweeney who voted no?
Just think, if McHenry County had just two more “conservative” legislators this bill would have failed!
Oops. McSweeney’s vote has been noted in the article.
Thank you, Reps. Wheeler, Tryon, and Franks.
This isn’t a “conservative” or “liberal” issue.
It is one of compassion and reason.
I applaud those three that voted for medicinal marijuana to be legal.
Read the front page of the Denver Post and guess where Illinois will be headed.
Pot is illegal in Colorado (except for medical use), yet there will be a huge gathering of pot smokers in Denver on April 20, and the police will just be there eating their donuts.
dave apparently never heard of the lesson of Pandora’s box.
This will go well with giving the illegal immigrants FREE licenses and cell phones, welcome to ILL! here is some free gonge!