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The Florida campaign to legalize cannabis in 2026 has gathered enough signatures for a state review. The group, Smart & Safe Florida, submitted over 337,000 signatures. The initiative seeks to legalize cannabis for adults 21 and older, with restrictions on marketing to children and public use. A new state law poses challenges. The 2024 amendment did not get 60% of the vote.

Florida Cannabis Advocates Submit Enough Signatures to Trigger State Review of 2026 Legalization Proposal

Jun 10, 2025

TG Branfalt

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The Florida campaign seeking to put a cannabis legalization question to
voters in 2026 has obtained enough signatures to trigger a state review,
the Tallahassee Democrat reports. Smart & Safe Florida, the group behind
the failed 2024 effort, has submitted more than 337,000 signatures –
surpassing the 220,000-signature threshold to prompt the legally-mandated
financial and judicial review.

State Attorney General James Uthmeier must now send the language of the
proposal to the state Supreme Court, which must find clear, single-subject
language in the ballot text proposal.

The initiative calls for legalizing cannabis for adults 21-and-older,
granting the ability to possess, purchase, and use cannabis for nonmedical
purposes, and prohibits marketing toward children and public consumption.
The language on the 2024 ballot did not specify bans on marketing toward
children or public use.

The campaign faces new hurdles for circulating the petitions under a new
state law that prohibits non-resident petition circulators. On May 30,
Smart & Safe Florida filed an emergency motion to a federal judge arguing
that the law infringes on First Amendment rights and has “injured” the
organization’s “number of people to carry their message to the public” and
that the law is “very likely the difference between” the amendment getting
on the ballot or not.

In 2024, the amendment did not garner 60% of the vote, totaling 57% support
among voters.

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