Petition Status Find information about active and inactive petitions, including initiative, referendum, and recall petitions. Search Petitions Petition Type (Required) * Initiative Recall Referendum Status (Optional) Petition Year (Optional) Petition Year (Optional) Petition Topic Petition Topic All Petition IDs Your request returned multiple entries, please select an ID to view * Your request returned multiple entries, please select an ID to view * Petition Topic (Short Title) Submit Reset form If you are human, leave this field blank. Your search returned 1 results. Return to Petitions page. An Act to decriminalize and regulate cannabis (hemp including marijuana). Initiative Id: 01MRNA | AG File Number: 663-02-0066 State: Inactive Petition Status: Proposition appeared on ballot Primary Sponsors Tim Hinterberger; Randall Patterson; Georgia Mario Date Petition Application Filed September 7, 2001 Application Certified November 9, 2001 Petitions Booklets Filed with Elections November 14, 2002 The initiative appeared on the November 5, 2002 election ballot and was rejected by a vote of: YES – 134,647 NO – 169,608 Sponsors Proposed Bill Language PDF Download HTML version Ballot Information 01MRNA ballot language (pdf) Petition Details The petition application was received in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on September 7, 2001. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on September 17, 2001 for review and verification of signatures. The Division of Elections determined that there were a sufficient number of signatures on October 4, 2001. Legal review was received from the Department of Law on November 8, 2001. The Lt. Governor certified the application on November 9, 2001. In accordance with AS 15.45.140, the initiative petition must be filed by November 19, 2002. The initiative was filed on November 14, 2002. The Lieutenant Governor found the petition to be improperly filed due to lack of qualified signatures on January 13, 2003. Lawsuit has been filed. Lawsuit decision – Division of Elections to qualify signatures from 169 petition booklets that were originally disqualified. Lieutenant Governor Leman certified the petition for this initiative as properly filed on January 6, 2004. A lawsuit was filed to determine which ballot the proposition would appear. Court ruled that the initiative would be placed on the November 2, 2004 general election ballot.