Owen said the sponsoring committee will be voting on the proposal and some changes could be made.

He said Brand continues to work with an expert to determine final wording about expunging marijuana convictions from a person's record. Owen said it likely would require expunging the conviction of any person that had possessed less than two ounces of marijuana, similar to the new possession limits in the proposed law. He said dealers or those possessing more than two ounces would still have the conviction on their records.

While Legalize ND works on the plans, two other factors are in play in the marijuana discussion. One is that another group is proposing a constitutional amendment to end the prohibition of marijuana in the state and the other is a new state law taking effect Aug. 1 to lower charges for possession of less than half an ounce of marijuana.

John Bailey, chairperson of the 37-member sponsoring committee for the constitutional measure, said in a phone interview Sunday night that they are "absolutely" going to resubmit their proposal to Jaeger and seek petition signatures to put their constitutional amendment on the ballot after his group withdrew an earlier submission to Jaeger so it could be rewritten.

Bailey said he "didn't see a problem" with the two measures possibly being on the ballot.