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Sen. Kemp Hannon, R-Garden City, speaks during a Senate health committee meeting on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. A bill that would legalize medical marijuana in New York has passed the Republican-led committee, one of a series of hurdles the measure will have to go through before becoming law. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Sen. Diane Savino, D-Staten Island, speaks during a Senate health committee meeting at the Capitol on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. A bill that would legalize medical marijuana in New York has passed the Republican-led committee, one of a series of hurdles the measure will have to go through before becoming law. Savino sponsored the legislation in the Senate. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Haley Hilt, 7, of East Greenbush, N.Y., who suffers from epilepsy, is comforted by her mother Melissa and a friend during Senate health committee meeting at the Capitol on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Haley suffers from epilepsy. A bill that would legalize medical marijuana in New York has passed the Republican-led health committee, one of a series of hurdles the measure will have to go through before becoming law. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
