US EditionOhio AG Dave Yost Approves Title, Summary Language for Voter Referendum Seeking to Overturn New Marijuana Restrictions
Ohioans for Cannabis Choice will collect 250,000 signatures to challenge SB 56, which adds criminal penalties and restricts marijuana and hemp products, aiming for a November vote.
- On Tuesday, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost certified the petition after finding revised language submitted on Jan. 20 fair and truthful, clearing the way for signature gathering.
- Senate Bill 56 restricts home cultivation, bans public smoking, caps dispensaries at 400, and prohibits selling intoxicating hemp products outside state-licensed dispensaries.
- To qualify for the ballot, petitioners need about 250,000 valid voter signatures equal to 6% statewide from at least 44 of Ohio's 88 counties by the mid-March deadline, with 3% in each county.
- The industry's trade group said the referendum is not driven by licensed businesses, while petitioners said they are 'ready to hit the streets' and called S.B. 56 government overreach.
- Yost previously rejected the initial petition last month for omissions and misstatements, and his certification caveat stated it should not be seen as an affirmation of enforceability or constitutionality.
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Ohio AG Dave Yost approves title, summary language for voter referendum seeking to overturn new marijuana restrictions
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