Talk:Chris Gebhard

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relevance of cannabis content[edit]

It looks like a very slow edit war over the past year, with low-edit editors both adding and removing the following content:

In the 2020–2021 session, Gebhard opposed an amendment to House Bill 1024 that would have allowed medical patients to grow six cannais plants at home.^[1]^[2] However, Gebhard did vote for House Bill 1024 without the home grow amendment, which allowed medical marijuana growers in Pennsylvania to remediate moldy product and use additional pesticides.^[3] In 2023, Gebhard sponsored Senate Bill 773, a marijuana industry-backed bill "providing for limitations on permits and providing for additional dispensary permits authorized, for application and issuance of additional dispensary permits and for limitations on other additional permits or licenses."^[4] Gebhard is a principle in Hoaster Gebhard & Co, an insurance company based in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.^[5] Hoaster Gebhard & Co offers "marijuana insurance" for marijuana companies.^[6]

References

^ "Sen. Ward's motion to table Amendment No. A-2029".
^ "Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Home Grow Amendment Fails". CBS News. June 29, 2021.
^ "Roll Call: PA HB1024".
^ "Senate Bill 773 - 2023-2024 Session".
^ "Christopher Gebhard, Meet Our Team".
^ "Marijuana Distributors / Growers Insurance".

I agree with the editors who've been removing this content. The main sources (legislative vote databases) are cherry-picked primary sources; there are no independent sources attesting any significance to Gebhard's votes on this issue. The hempgazette doesn't even mention Gebhard. The juxtaposition of Hoaster, Gebhard & Co (again, using only primary sources) appears to insinuate some sort of conflict of interest on Gebhard's part, but not citing any independent sources that make that connection. I don't see any reason why these two votes, out of all the votes Gebhard made, are WP:DUE for inclusion. Schazjmd (talk) 20:56, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Sen. Ward's motion to table Amendment No. A-2029".

[2] "Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Home Grow Amendment Fails". CBS News. June 29, 2021.

[3] "Roll Call: PA HB1024".

[4] "Senate Bill 773 - 2023-2024 Session".

[5] "Christopher Gebhard, Meet Our Team".

[6] "Marijuana Distributors / Growers Insurance".

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