Another Texas district judge has dismissed a lawsuit from the state’s Republican attorney general that sought to overturn a local marijuana decriminalization ordinance—this time in San Marcos.
Ground Game Texas, the advocacy group behind the cannabis measure, announced on Tuesday that Hays County District Judge Sherri Tibbe dismissed the suit from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), enabling the city to continue implementing the decriminalization policy that voters approved in 2022.
Paxton filed a lawsuit in January challenging local decriminalization laws that were enacted in five cities: Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin and Denton. A different district judge had overturned the suit in Austin last month.
Ground Game pointed out in its brief supporting the dismissal of the San Marcos lawsuit that, since the city enacted the reform, marijuana possession cases fell by 85 percent, with no adverse public safety implications. Police, in turn, were able to more effectively allocate resources.
“Judge Tibbe rightly recognized Paxton has no legal basis for interfering with the will of local voters or municipal governments,” Catina Voellinger, executive director of the advocacy group, said in a press release.
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