Reed formed a task force last summer to study the issue and jockeyed the bill through approval at the House Rules Committee. The medical marijuana bill had passed in the full state Senate last May and was then assigned to the House Health Committee chaired by Rep. Matt Baker (R-Tioga). Baker refused to have the bill heard. After some extraordinary politicking by House members, the bill was moved out of the House Health Committee and over to the Rules Committee. It was then released by Rules for consideration by the full House.