Soon it will be legal to smoke weed in private homes under a new measure that passed the D.C. Council on Tuesday, the Washington Post reports. The measure is one of many new bills loosening marijuana laws, and it escalates the growing national debate over decriminalizing pot.

A spokesperson for Mayor Vincent C. Gray said he intends to sign the measure, which would put D.C.'s drug law in conflict with federal law. The bill would then be sent to Congress, which has veto power over D.C. law — although that has only happened three times since 1979.

The D.C. bill would decriminalize marijuana and eliminate jail time for most offenses in favor of fines. Getting caught possessing up to one ounce of weed would cost you $25. Smoking marijuana in public would be a misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of $500 and up to six months in jail, which is the same punishment for possessing containers of alcohol in public. Being high from pot would not be a crime equal to public intoxication, however, unless it occurs behind the wheel.