Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has rejected a petition seeking to repeal a state law that authorizes changes to Ohio’s medical and adult-use marijuana laws, ruling that the proposal’s summary would mislead voters.
The petition aimed to repeal Sections 1, 2 and 3 of Senate Bill 56, which was signed into law by Gov. Mike DeWine last month. The legislation bans all forms of low-level THC intoxicating hemp products, including beverages. Yost said he received the referendum petition and summary on Dec. 29.
Under Ohio law, the attorney general must determine whether a petition’s title and summary are “fair and truthful statements of the measure to be referred.” Yost said the submission failed that test.
“Upon review of the summary, we identified omissions and misstatements that, as a whole, would mislead a potential signer as to the scope and effect of S.B. 56,” Yost wrote in his response letter to petitioners.
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