US EditionOhio AG Dave Yost Rejects Proposed Referendum Seeking to Overturn New Recreational Marijuana Restrictions
Attorney General Yost found the referendum summary misleading due to omissions and inaccuracies about Senate Bill 56, requiring petitioners to revise and restart the process.
- On Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost rejected the referendum summary for Senate Bill 56 as potentially misleading and declined to certify it after receiving the petition on Dec. 29.
- Yost said the summary contained key omissions and misstatements, flagging inaccuracies on delivery rules, local governments’ taxing powers, and false claims about S.B. 56 provisions on gifts and samples.
- Signed into law last month, S.B. 56 restricts sales of intoxicating hemp products to dispensaries, bans THC-infused beverages, out-of-state cannabis purchases, and open marijuana containers.
- Ohioans for Cannabis Choice said it will rewrite the language, collect an additional 1,000 signatures and resubmit after the rejection delayed gathering nearly 250,000 signatures for the November ballot.
- With 57% voting to legalize cannabis in 2023, opponents say S.B. 56 conflicts with voters' intent, removing discrimination protections and despite Gov. Mike DeWine defending it as closing hemp-law loopholes.
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tiffinohio.netOhio Attorney General Dave Yost rejects proposed referendum trying to overturn new marijuana law
Stock photo from Getty Images.Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost rejected summary language Tuesday for a proposed referendum that would overturn a law that will change Ohio’s voter-passed recreational marijuana law and ban intoxicating hemp products. Ohioans for Cannabis Choice filed a petition for a referendum to repeal Ohio Senate Bill 56, which is set to take effect March 20 after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed the bill into law on Dec. 19. The r…
Ohio Attorney General Rejects Cannabis Referendum Petition, Saying It's 'Misleading'
Ohio’s attorney general has rejected activists’ referendum petition to block parts of a restrictive marijuana and hemp law from going into effect, saying its summary is “misleading” and must be revised in order to proceed. “Upon review of the summary, we identified omissions and misstatements that, as a whole, would mislead a potential signer as to the scope and effect of S.B. 56,” Attorney General Dave Yost (R) wrote in a letter to the petition…
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