(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office today rejected the summary language for a proposed referendum aimed at repealing Senate Bill 56, which authorizes changes to the state’s medical and adult-use marijuana laws.
The Attorney General’s Office received a written petition for the referendum on Dec. 29, 2025. Under Ohio law, the Attorney General determines whether a petition’s title and summary are fair and truthful representations of the proposed referendum.
The summary does not meet that standard.
“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,” Attorney General Dave Yost wrote in a response letter to the petitioners.
The full text of both the Attorney General’s letter and the petition is available at OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/Petitions.
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