A bill approved 23-9 by the Ohio Senate Wednesday would significantly overhaul a citizen-initiated statute that 57% of voters approved in 2023 to legalize recreational cannabis in Ohio. Senate Bill 56,

Ohio lawmakers have taken the first major step in limiting recreational marijuana laws that voters overwhelmingly approved. After a Senate vote to approve the limits, only passage in the House and a signature from Gov.

Ohio Senate Republicans passed a bill Wednesday that would make significant changes to the marijuana law passed by Ohio voters in 2023, including reducing allowable levels of THC, limiting home grow, and making it illegal to buy and bring back across state lines.

The Ohio Senate has approved a bill to make significant changes to the state’s voter-approved marijuana law—by halving the number of plants adults could grow, adding new criminal penalties and removing select social equity provisions,

The bill would limit home-grow from 12 plants to six plants, reduce the THC levels in adult-use marijuana from 90% to 70%, and ban public consumption. The Ohio Senate passed a bill Wednesday that aims to significantly change Ohio's marijuana law.

The Ohio State Senate on Wednesday voted to approve SB 56, which would restrict some parts of Ohio's recreational marijuana laws that voters approved in 2023.

RELATED>>Ohio Senate passes bill that would make major changes to adult-use marijuana law As previously reported on News Center 7, Senate Bill 56 is aiming to decrease secondhand smoke around children.