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Alaska Decriminalization and Regulation of Psychedelic Substances Initiative (2026)
| Alaska Decriminalization and Regulation of Psychedelic Substances Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2026 | |
| Topic Psychedelic substance laws | |
| Status Cleared for signature gathering | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Alaska Decriminalization and Regulation of Psychedelic Substances Initiative may appear on the ballot in Alaska as an indirect initiated state statute on November 3, 2026.
This measure would decriminalize and regulate the use, possession, and cultivation of psychedelic substances, including psilocybin, psilocyn, dimethyltryptamine, and mescaline.[1]
Text of measure
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The full text of the ballot measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
Process in Alaska
In Alaska, the number of signatures required for an indirect initiated state statute is equal to 10 percent of the votes cast in the preceding gubernatorial election. Alaska also has a signature distribution requirement, which requires that signatures equal to 7 percent of the vote in the last general election must be collected in each of three-fourths of the 40 state House districts. Petitions are allowed to circulate for 365 days from the date the lieutenant governor issues petition booklets to be distributed for signature gathering. Signatures must be submitted 365 days after the lieutenant governor issued petition booklets to be distributed for signature gathering or before the legislative session begins, whichever comes first.
The requirements to get an indirectly initiated state statute certified for the 2026 ballot:
- Signatures: 34,098 valid signatures are required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures is on January 16, 2026.
In Alaska, when enough signatures are verified for an initiative, the initiative is not certified for the ballot until after "a legislative session has convened and adjourned." This gives the Legislature a timeframe to consider the proposal or similar legislation. The initiative is void when “an act of the legislature that is substantially the same as the proposed law was enacted after the petition had been filed, and before the date of the election," according to state law.[2] Otherwise, the initiative is certified to appear on the ballot for the first statewide election 120 days after the legislature's adjournment.
Stages of this ballot initiative
- June 18, 2025: The ballot initiative was filed.[3]
- July 8, 2025: The initiative was cleared for signature gathering after organizers submitted 230 signatures.[3]
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