Delaware on Thursday became the 20th state to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
Gov. Jack Markell (D) signed House Bill 39 into law Thursday night, not long after the state Senate approved the bill 12-9. No state Republican senators voted in favor of the bill Thursday, and no Republicans supported it when it passed the House earlier this month.
The measure, introduced by state Rep. Helene Keeley (D) in the House and sponsored by Judiciary Committee Chair Margaret Rose Henry (D) in the Senate, removes criminal penalties for an adult in possession of up to one ounce of marijuana for personal use. Marijuana possession is now a civil offense punishable by $100 fine. Sales remain banned.
I'ma need them to start putting people in jail for real crimes