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Austin Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Initiative For May Ballot

Marijuana Moment · Kyle Jaeger · last updated
The Austin City Council on Tuesday approved a proposal to put an activist-led initiative to decriminalize marijuana on the local ballot in May. It was just this month that city officials certified petitions for the ballot initiative. The Austin City Council will vote Tuesday 9am on whether to adopt the Austin Freedom Act into law, or call an election for voters to decide. —There is no statewide, citizen-led initiative process that would enable advocates to put an issue like decriminalization or legalization on the Texas ballot. The House approved a cannabis decriminalization bill in 2019, but it did not advance in the Senate that session.
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