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Idaho Medical Marijuana Initiative (2022)
| Idaho Medical Marijuana Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Marijuana | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Idaho Medical Marijuana Initiative was not on the ballot in Idaho as an initiated state statute on November 8, 2022.
The measure would have established a medical marijuana program in Idaho. The program would have allowed qualified patients, defined in the initiative text as Idaho residents "diagnosed by a practitioner as having a debilitating medical condition," to possess four ounces of marijuana or six marijuana plants for patients that qualify.[1]
Sponsors attempted to qualify an identical initiative for the 2020 ballot but suspended its signature gathering campaign in April 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Text of measure
Short ballot title
The short ballot title would have been as follows:[2]
| “ | Initiative establishing medical marijuana program for qualifying patients and protect participants from criminal prosecution and civil sanction.[3] | ” |
Long ballot title
The long ballot title would have been as follows:[2]
| “ |
An initiative relating to medical marijuana; amending title 39, Idaho Code, by addition of a new Chapter 97, known as the 'Idaho Medical Marijuana Act' to protect from arrest, criminal and civil sanction, patients who have chronic diseases or conditions or are terminally ill, and caregivers, growers, and agents of medical marijuana organizations who may possess or cultivate marijuana for medical purposes; establish a registry of qualifying patients, caregivers, growers, and agents who shall be issued registry identification cards; establish production facilities, safety compliance facilities and dispensaries which shall be issued registration certificates; to authorize production of marijuana; establish the maximum amount of marijuana qualifying patients and caregivers per assisted patient may possess is four (4) ounces of usable marijuana and six (6) marijuana plants if issued a registry identification card allowing cultivation; establish reporting rules and penalties; to provide the department shall submit an annual report to the Idaho legislature; provide information regarding names and other identifying information of persons who have been issued or applied for a registry identification card, pursuant to Chapter 97, title 39, Idaho Code is exempt from disclosure.[3] |
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Full text
The full text of the initiative can be found here.
Sponsors
Kind Idaho led the campaign in support of the initiative.[4]
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Idaho, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated state statute for the ballot is equal to 6 percent of the registered voters as of the state's last general election. Petitions can be circulated for up to 18 months. Idaho features a distribution requirement that signatures equal to at least 6 percent of registered voters in 18 of the state's 35 legislative districts be included in petitions. Signatures for initiatives must be submitted by May 1 of the year in which the measure is to go on the ballot.
The requirements to get an initiated state statute certified for the 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: 64,945 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was May 1, 2022.
Initiative petition signatures are verified by county clerks and then sent to the secretary of state for certification.
Details about this initiative
- Kind Idaho, the campaign behind the initiative, was cleared to begin gathering signatures on February 8, 2021.[4]
- Prior to the signature deadline, the campaign announced that it did not have a sufficient number of signatures to qualify.[5]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Idaho Secretary of State, "Full Text of Medical Marijuana Program Initiative" accessed February 9, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Idaho Secretary of State, "2022 Proposed Ballot Initiatives," accessed February 10, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Marijuana Moment, "Idaho Medical Marijuana Activists Approved For Signature Gathering Amid Legislative Complications," February 9, 2021
- ↑ The Lewiston Tribune, "Idaho initiative that would’ve legalized medical marijuana won’t be on ballot," April 23, 2022
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