COLUMBUS – Columbus City Council is expected to vote Monday night on legislation reducing penalties for possessing marijuana.
The sentencing reforms that would reduce penalties for possessing less than 7 ounces of the drug to fines of $10 to $25 and no jail time, according to a report in the Columbus Dispatch.
Another of the proposal’s goal is to help remove a barrier to employment by increasing funds for attorneys to help seal records for minor convictions.
The newspaper reported that offenders caught with up to 100 grams would be fined $10 and those caught with between 100 and 200 grams would pay $25.
Unlike state law, possession of up to 200 grams would not lead to possible jail time.
Cincinnati’s council voted last month to decriminalize possession of up to 100 grams of marijuana.