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 Re-Legalize Hemp Initiative Id: 99HEMP | AG File Number: 663-99-0243 State: Inactive Petition Status: Proposition appeared on ballot Primary Sponsors Fred James, Scott Kohlhaas, Leonard J. Karpinski The initiative appeared on the November 7, 2000 election ballot and was rejected by a vote of: YES – 114,321 NO – 165,315 Sponsors Proposed Bill Language PDF Download HTML version Ballot Information 99HEMP ballot language (pdf) Petition Details Application was received in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on April 30, 1999. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on April 30, 1999. The Division of Elections determined that there were a sufficient number of sponsor signatures on May 10, 1999. The application was certified on June 14, 1999. Petition booklets were issued to the initiative committee on June 25, 1999. The one year filing deadline was June 24, 2000. The petition was submitted to the Division of Elections on January 7, 2000. Lieutenant Governor Ulmer certified the petition for this initiative as properly filed on February 2, 2000.