Not if you live in California. I have pointed out 3 times where the people voted for propositions only to-be turned down and ignored by the executive and judicial branches.
The current rules on housing were also never voted upon.
#136 | Posted by oneironaut
Buckle up buttercup:
1. Utah (Medical Cannabis, 2018)
What Voters Passed: Voters approved Proposition 2 to establish a state-regulated medical marijuana system allowing licensed dispensaries and giving patients direct access.
Legislative Action: Before the voter-passed proposition could be fully implemented, Republican state leaders convened a special legislative session to pass a compromise bill (House Bill 3001). The legislature replaced the proposition's regulatory frame, removed the provision for individual home cultivation, limited allowable product formats (eliminating edible gummy options in favor of non-gelatin capsules or blister packs), and restricted the list of qualifying medical conditions.
2. South Dakota (Recreational Cannabis, 2020)
What Voters Passed: Voters approved Constitutional Amendment A, legalizing recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older, alongside Initiated Measure 26 for medical marijuana.
Executive & Judicial Opposition: Republican Governor Kristi Noem supported a legal challenge targeting Amendment A. A circuit judge ruled the amendment unconstitutional, and the South Dakota Supreme Court upheld that decision in 2021 on procedural grounds (finding it violated the state's "single-subject" requirement for constitutional amendments). The voter-approved recreational initiative was completely invalidated before taking effect.
3. Mississippi (Medical Cannabis, 2020)
What Voters Passed: Mississippi voters overwhelmingly approved Initiative 65, a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment establishing a medical marijuana program.
Judicial & Legislative Invalidation: State political leadership challenged the process used to place the measure on the ballot. In 2021, the Mississippi Supreme Court struck down Initiative 65, ruling that the state's ballot initiative rules were outdated and technically impossible to satisfy under current district boundaries. The legislature later drafted its own, more restrictive medical cannabis statute in 2022 to replace what voters had originally approved.
4. Montana (Medical & Recreational Regulations, 2011 & 2021)
What Voters Passed: Montana voters legalized medical marijuana via Initiative 148 in 2004 and recreational marijuana via Initiative 190 in 2020.
Legislative Alterations:
2011 (Medical): The legislature passed Senate Bill 423, which drastically overhauled the voter-approved 2004 medical framework by limiting caregivers to serving a maximum of three patients, effectively closing large-scale dispensaries. (Voters later repealed these legislative restrictions through another ballot initiative in 2016).
2021 (Recreational): Following the 2020 approval of recreational cannabis, conservative lawmakers enacted House Bill 701, altering how revenue from cannabis taxes would be allocated and adding additional local option oversight rules.
5. Ohio (Recreational Cannabis, 2023)
What Voters Passed: Ohio voters approved Issue 2, a statutory ballot initiative legalizing adult-use cannabis, establishing a regulatory framework, and permitting home cultivation.
Legislative Action: Because Issue 2 was an initiated statute (not a constitutional amendment), conservative lawmakers in the state senate immediately proposed legislation aimed at changing tax rates, capping THC potency levels, restricting home cultivation rules, and redirecting tax revenues away from community equity funds and toward law enforcement and state construction projects.
I might have to watch this ad again...later...on loop.