Psychedelic measures on the November 3 ballot, and none in California

What would Idaho's HJR 4 do?

House Joint Resolution 4 would amend Article III, Section 26 of the Idaho Constitution so that "only the Idaho Legislature shall have the power and authority to legalize" marijuana, narcotics or other psychoactive substances. It needs a simple majority to pass, and a no vote leaves the constitution as it is.¹⁰¹²

The Legislature sent it to voters in 2025 after House approval 58-10 and Senate approval 29-6.¹⁰ Mind Medicine Law's ballot tracker reads it as barring citizen initiatives on those subjects.¹² The text doesn't name psilocybin; its "other psychoactive substances" wording is broad.¹⁰

The same tracker, updated October 12, found no statewide psilocybin or psychedelic legalization measure that qualified for 2026, while noting the limits of its research.¹²

What are Reedsport and Redmond voting on?

Reedsport, Measure 10-215. The question reads: "Should electors ban the establishment of psilocybin related businesses within the City of Reedsport?" A yes vote creates the ban, and a no vote allows those businesses to operate.¹ Reedsport voters approved a temporary two-year ban in November 2022, and in November 2024 the city passed Ordinance 2024-1215 to ban psilocybin businesses permanently. The council says a permanent ban is needed "to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens."¹

Redmond. The city council voted 6-1 on August 11, 2026, with Councilor John Nielsen opposed, to ask voters whether to extend its ban on psilocybin service centers for another two years. Without the referral, the current ban would have expired at the end of 2026. Redmond voters approved a ban with 53 percent in 2022 and extended it with 55 percent in 2024.¹¹

Is anything on California's ballot?

No. The Secretary of State's list of qualified statewide measures for November 3 runs from Propositions 1 to 5 and 37 to 45, on housing, taxes, elections, research bonds and other subjects, and none concerns psilocybin or psychedelics.² Psilocybin decriminalization initiatives cleared for circulation in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023 each failed to qualify, according to the Secretary of State's master list.³ The Legislature is the venue to watch next, and our California psychedelics bill tracker follows it.

Why does this matter in San Diego?

None of these votes changes the law in San Diego County, where psilocybin remains a Schedule I substance under state and federal law.⁶⁷

Idaho's measure targets the route Oregon and Colorado took. Oregon's program began with Measure 109, which voters passed in November 2020, and Colorado's with Proposition 122, which passed in November 2022 by 1,296,992 votes to 1,121,124.⁴⁵

Colorado voters won't see natural medicine on their ballot: none of the state's 14 certified statewide measures concerns it.¹³ Our report on Colorado's new natural medicine law, HB26-1325, explains what changed there this year.

The Oregon city votes matter to anyone looking at Oregon's program, because local bans decide where service centers can open. For the program's latest numbers, see our report on Oregon's second-quarter client data. Our guide to legal psilocybin access from California compares the Oregon, Colorado and New Mexico programs.