Thursday morning, in a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary, Safety and General Services, a resolution was unanimously passed that will add an advisory referendum question about marijuana to Milwaukee County ballots this November. On November 6, 2018, Milwaukee County voters may be asked to vote YES or NO on this question:

“Do you favor allowing adults 21 years of age and older to engage in the personal use of marijuana, while also regulating commercial marijuana-related activities, and imposing a tax on the sale of marijuana?”

The resolution was drafted by Supervisor John F. Weishan, Jr., and approved Thursday by a vote of 5-0. The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors will next take up the resolution on May 24. If approved, the County Clerk will add the referendum question to all Milwaukee County ballots in the November election.

“It’s timely, it’s appropriate, and I think citizens of Milwaukee County should have a chance to weigh in on this,” Weishan said during his opening remarks. He also touched on the low addiction levels of marijuana, the potential economic benefits, and the disproportionate rate of African American arrests and incarcerations because of marijuana.

“It’s time for Wisconsin to join the many states across the country that have legalized marijuana and benefited from the revenue that comes with commercial sale and taxation of one of America’s largest cash crops,” Weishan said in an earlier news release.

Weishan’s points were backed up and expanded upon by 17 members of the public who spoke in favor of the resolution. The speakers ranged from card-carrying NORML members to great-grandmothers. Only one man opposed the resolution, though he seemed mostly concerned about the government having any say in what we put or don’t put in our bodies, man.

Supervisor Supreme Moore Omokunde also spoke in favor of the resolution, and brought up both decriminalization and retroactive decriminalization—issues he felt deserved to be tackled separately.

A late-in-the-meeting amendment by Supervisor Deanna Alexander to place the referendum on ballots for the August election was defeated.

Though only an advisory referendum, the resolution represents Milwaukee’s ever-changing views (and laws) concerning marijuana. Statewide, a 2016 Marquette University Law School Poll found 59 percent of Wisconsin voters believed marijuana should be legalized.

Here’s the full text of the resolution: