Washington Marijuana Laws Initiative (2018)
| Washington Marijuana Laws Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Marijuana | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Marijuana Laws Initiative was not put on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the Legislature, a type of indirect initiated state statute, on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have allowed for the home production of marijuana and the consumption of marijuana in non-public commercial spaces. The measure would also have vacated the convictions of nonviolent marijuana crimes and prohibit employers from discriminating against marijuana users. The initiative would have renamed marijuana as cannabis in state code.[1]
Ballot title
The following are the ballot titles for the initiatives:[1]
| Initiative Measure No. 903 | |||||
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| Initiative Measure No. 903 concerns cannabis (also called marijuana).
This measure would allow home production of cannabis, consumption in non-public commercial spaces, limit employment discrimination and drug-testing based on cannabis use, and make changes to other cannabis related laws, rules, and programs. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ][2] | |||||
| Initiative Measure No. 905 | |||||
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| Initiative Measure No. 905 concerns cannabis (also called marijuana).
This measure would allow home production of cannabis and consumption in non-public commercial spaces; change employment requirements related to cannabis use; address cannabis-related crimes and proof requirements; and change other cannabis-related laws. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ][2] | |||||
| Initiative Measure No. 911 | |||||
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| Initiative Measure No. 911 concerns cannabis (also called marijuana).
This measure would allow home production of cannabis and consumption in non-public commercial spaces; change employment requirements related to cannabis use; address cannabis-related crimes and proof requirements; and change other cannabis-related laws. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ][2] | |||||
Ballot summary
The following are the ballot summaries for the initiatives:[1]
| Initiative Measure No. 903 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This measure would exempt limited home production and processing of cannabis (marijuana) from current laws; allow cannabis consumption in non-public commercial spaces; limit employment discrimination for cannabis use and restrict drug-testing; limit forfeiture of real property, vacate convictions, and end incarceration connected with certain cannabis crimes; direct government to adopt rules concerning rural empowerment zones and pest management; limit rules on cannabis juicing; change other cannabis-related laws; and direct future government actions related to cannabis.[2] | |||||
| Initiative Measure No. 905 | |||||
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| This measure would allow limited home production, possession, and transfer of homegrown cannabis; allow cannabis consumption in non-public commercial spaces; change employment requirements related to cannabis use; restrict drug-testing for cannabis; convert cannabis-related felonies to misdemeanors; limit forfeiture of real property, vacate convictions, and end incarceration connected with certain cannabis crimes; change proof requirements in cannabis-related trials; limit use of state funds and direct certain government action related to cannabis; and change other cannabis-related laws.[2] | |||||
| Initiative Measure No. 911 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This measure would allow limited home production, possession, and transfer of homegrown cannabis; allow cannabis consumption in non-public commercial spaces; change employment requirements related to cannabis use; restrict drug-testing for cannabis; convert cannabis-related felonies to misdemeanors; limit forfeiture of real property, vacate convictions, and end incarceration connected with certain cannabis crimes; change proof requirements in cannabis-related trials; limit use of state funds and direct certain government action related to cannabis; and change other cannabis-related laws.[2] | |||||
Path to the ballot
To make the 2018 ballot, proponents of Initiatives to the Legislature were required to submit at least 259,622 valid signatures by December 29, 2017.[3] If certified, initiatives are sent to the Washington House of Representatives and Washington State Senate for consideration. The legislature chooses whether to enact the measure, send it to the 2018 ballot alone, or send it to the ballot alongside an alternative proposition.
Kirk Ludden filed multiple versions of the initiative with the secretary of state's office in 2017. The first version of the initiative received a ballot title and summary on March 17, 2017.[1]
Proponents of the initiative did not submit signatures to the secretary of state's office by the December 29, 2017, deadline and the measure was not put on the ballot.[4]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the Legislature - 2017," accessed May 10, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar - 2017," accessed May 1, 2017
- ↑ Ballotpedia Staff Writer, "Telephone correspondence with the Washington secretary of state's office," January 2, 2018
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