Washington Marijuana Production and Sale in Residential Neighborhoods Initiative (2018)
| Washington Marijuana Production and Sale in Residential Neighborhoods 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 Production and Sale in Residential Neighborhoods 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 prohibited the production, processing, and sale of marijuana in neighborhoods zoned as residential.[1]
Regis Costello proposed two versions of the initiative.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The following are the ballot titles for the initiatives:[1]
| Initiative Measure No. 955 | |||||
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| Initiative Measure No. 955 concerns marijuana.
This measure would prohibit the production, processing, or sale of marijuana in residentially-zoned neighborhoods; set a criminal penalty for violations related to zoning and marijuana; and subject violators to property seizure and forfeiture. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ][2] | |||||
| Initiative Measure No. 956 | |||||
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| Initiative Measure No. 956 concerns marijuana.
This measure would prohibit the production, processing, or sale of marijuana in residentially-zoned neighborhoods; set a criminal penalty for violations related to zoning and marijuana; and subject violators to property seizure and forfeiture. 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. 955 | |||||
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| This measure would prohibit the production, processing, or sale of marijuana in residentially zoned neighborhoods. It would make the violation of zoning laws for marijuana production, processing, or sales a class C felony. It would also subject violators to property seizure and forfeiture.[2] | |||||
| Initiative Measure No. 956 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This measure would prohibit the production, processing, or sale of marijuana in residentially zoned neighborhoods. It would make the violation of zoning laws for marijuana production, processing, or sales a class C felony. It would also subject violators to property seizure and forfeiture.[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.
Regis Costello filed the first version of the measure, Initiative 955, with the secretary of state's office on July 28, 2017. The initiative received a ballot title and summary on August 18, 2017. He filed a second version, Initiative 956, on August 21, 2017, which received a ballot title and summary on September 6, 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 August 18, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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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