Proposition 36, Drug and Theft Crime Penalties and Treatment-Mandated Felonies
A "yes" vote supports making changes to Proposition 47 approved in 2014, including:
classifying certain drug offenses as treatment-mandated felonies;
increasing penalties for certain drug crimes by increasing sentence lengths and level of crime;
requiring courts to warn individuals convicted of distributing illegal drugs of their potential future criminal liability if they distribute deadly drugs like fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine; and
increasing sentences for theft based on the value of the property stolen.
A "no" vote opposes this initiative that makes changes to Proposition 47 (2014), thereby maintaining certain drug and theft crimes as misdemeanors.