READ AND PASSED

The enacted ordinance provided for a November 2, 2021 ballot question asking Philadelphia voters whether to amend the Home Rule Charter to call on the Pennsylvania General Assembly and governor to decriminalize, regulate, and tax non-medical cannabis use and sales to adults age 21 and older. The ballot question concerned a request for state legislation; it did not itself establish those cannabis policies in Philadelphia.

Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to Article VIII, Chapter 5 of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, entitled "Referenda Approved by the Voters," by adding a new section providing that the citizens of Philadelphia call upon the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Governor to pass legislation that will decriminalize, regulate, and tax the use, and sale to adults aged 21 years or older, of cannabis for non-medical purposes.