Senate Bill 56 increases the excise tax on adult-use marijuana to 15% and limits home grow, among other changes to the voter-approved law.

Ohio lawmakers are working to rewrite the recreational marijuana law voters approved two years ago with a bill that proposes at least 44 major changes. Senate Bill 56, sponsored by state Sen. Steve Huffman (R-Tipp City),

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Ohio lawmakers are considering changes to the state's recreational marijuana laws just months after legalization, with a new bill proposing to increase the excise tax and implement other restrictions.

Ohio Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill to reform their state’s marijuana laws, increasing taxes on the substance and limiting personal cultivation.

State Senator Stephen Huffman proposed recent changes to Ohio’s recreational and medical weed program. It’s gotten people’s attention in Northeast Ohio.

A new bill would make sweeping changes to how Ohio regulates recreational cannabis—including halving the number of home grow plants and eliminating all the social equity programs.

The Ohio Senate has resurrected a proposal that overhauls the state's relatively young recreational marijuana program, raising the tax on product sales from 10% to 15%.

A plant store in Cleveland’s Ohio City is often confused for a dispensary due to a name picked out long before recreational marijuana was legalized.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Senate Bill 56 is looking to increase the excise sales tax on recreational marijuana sales from 10% to 15%. Darius Walters, with Nar Reserve, a dispensary in downtown Columbus, said he can't imagine a higher tax.

Scott Aloysius Brown, 28, William Gregory Creasy, 24, and Deonte Damonte Prophett, 32, all of Cincinnati, were arraigned Wednesday in 50th District Court in Pontiac on charges of felony murder and armed robbery in connection with the Jan. 13 incident, the Oakland County Sheriff's Office said.

Ohio State Highway Patrol said this is part of a pilot program, and it's not being done in response to the legalization of recreational marijuana.

The new House Speaker, cousin to the Senate bill sponsor, is more receptive to tightening Ohio’s marijuana law, and Republicans could fast track SB 56—whether Democrats like it or not. Democrats picked up a few seats in both legislative chambers, but Republicans still hold overwhelming majorities.