Bill sponsor says the change is needed to hold insurers more accountable. Business groups say it will lead to more lawsuits and higher premiums for all.
Senate votes 29-4 to decriminalize the posession of up to 6 ounces of marijuana. Assembly schedules a Monday voting session, but no word if a vote is planned.
A proposed constitutional amendment will be before voters next November, after it barely achieved the needed three-fifths supermajority in the Legislature.