AS PLATINUM, SILVER AND GOLD. NOW, ON THE SAME DAY, IT VOTED TO ADVANCE THAT CRYPTO BILL, THE REPS ON THE HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE ALSO OPTED TO HOLD ON TO LEGISLATION TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA. HB 186 IS A VERSION OF LEGALIZATION BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BY SOME HOUSE DEMOCRATS. IT WOULD LEGALIZE AND TAX THE SALE OF CANNABIS UNDER THE EXISTING ROOMS AND MEALS TAX. IF SALES MIRRORED MASSACHUSETTS, IT WOULD DELIVER AN ESTIMATED $27.4 MILLION IN ANNUAL TAX REVENUE TO THE STATE. NOW, THIS LEGISLATION IS SEPARATE FROM A REPUBLICAN BILL FOR BASELINE LEGALIZATION, WITH MINIMAL GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT. THAT ONE HAS ALREADY CLEARED THE HOUSE, BUT IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO BE SIDELINED BY THE STATE SENATE. REMEMBER, ALL CANNABIS LEGISLATION IN THIS SESSION EXISTS UNDER THE LONG SHADOW BEING CAST FROM THE CORNER OFFICE. GOVERNOR KELLY AYOTTE REPEATEDLY SAID DURING THE 2024 CAMPAIGN THAT SHE IS AN OPPONENT OF LEGALIZATION. I THINK THE COMPLICATED PART THAT CONTINUES TO TRIP UP US IN THE LEGISLATURE HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN THE THE METHOD BY WHICH WE’RE GOING TO SELL IT IN THE STATE. SO I THINK RETAINING THIS WILL GIVE US A CHANCE TO KIND OF FLESH OUT SOME OF THOSE DETAILS. THIS VOTE MEANS THE HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE WILL KEEP WORKING ON THIS PARTICULAR BILL THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR, WITH A VOTE LIKELY IN JANUARY. THAT WRAPS UP THIS EDITION OF CLOSE UP NEW HAMPSHIRE. THANKS FOR WATCHING, AND MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE POLITICS PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE AND MOBILE APP FOR MORE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS, AND TO SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER. WE’LL BE BAC