Montana voters will decide this November on two complimentary ballot measures seeking to legalize and regulate the personal use, commercial production and retail sale of marijuana to adults 21 and older.
The Montana Secretary of State’s office confirmed that the measures have “been certified to appear on the November 3, 2020 General Election Ballot” on the office’s official website.
If approved by voters in November, the statutory initiative, I-190, would allow adults to possess up to one ounce of marijuana and cultivate up to four mature plants for personal use. The state would impose a twenty percent sales tax, and revenue would be directed towards substance abuse treatment, veterans services, health care, and other programs.
A separate measure that also qualified for the November 2020 ballot, CI-118, would amend the state’s constitution to set the legal age to purchase marijuana for adults at age 21 if approved by voters.
Adult-use ballot initiatives have already qualified in New Jersey, South Dakota, and most recently, Arizona. Initiatives to legalize medical access to cannabis are certified for the ballot in Mississippi and South Dakota. Proponents of a medical initiative in Nebraska are awaiting certification.
Additional information on these and other pending 2020 initiative efforts is available here.
