Revising marijuana election requirements in certain municipalities

HB 659 aimed to revise the election requirements for approving or prohibiting marijuana businesses in certain municipalities. The bill would have applied to "qualified municipalities" - cities or towns with their own police departments - located within counties that previously voted against Initiative Measure No. 190. A key provision was that a two-thirds majority vote would be required within such a qualified municipality to either approve or prohibit specific categories of marijuana businesses from operating there. This mechanism would have allowed these municipalities to make their own decisions regarding marijuana businesses, even if the surrounding county had a different outcome.