--- title: "Cannabis law reform: motions (Victorian Legislative Council, 19 November 2025) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported a motion noting the government's cannabis laws are ineffective and calling for decriminalisation of cannabis, and noting Labor state conference resolutions on legalising and taxing cannabis and directing its revenue to health and other sectors. Defeated 8 to 29 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 19 November 2025. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2025-11-19/2" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Victorian Legislative Council](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 19 November 2025 · [Other](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council?topic=other) # Cannabis law reform: motions Voting yes supported a motion noting the government's cannabis laws are ineffective and calling for decriminalisation of cannabis, and noting Labor state conference resolutions on legalising and taxing cannabis and directing its revenue to health and other sectors. Defeated **8** yes **29** no The question put That this house notes that: (1) the Allan government’s regressive cannabis laws are ineffective and its rejection of the decriminalisation of cannabis will perpetuate far-reaching and harmful consequences for many of the most vulnerable Victorians and waste valuable police, court and prison resources on a victimless crime; (2) at the 2025 Labor Party state conference, Labor’s members voted that: (a) cannabis be legalised, taxed, owned and regulated by the state government; (b) all forms of cannabis possession and use be decriminalised; (3) conference delegates resolved that: (a) funds generated by a legalised cannabis industry could be used to fund: (i) the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System; (ii) the reform of the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) sector; (iii) the reform of WorkCover and WorkSafe; (iv) health-led housing; (v) Indigenous health; (vi) part of the state’s contribution to the national disability insurance scheme; (b) a percentage of the profits generated by a regulated cannabis industry could be directed to the mental health, AOD, WorkCover, WorkSafe, housing, Indigenous health and disability sectors; (4) this formalised a simi ## How each party voted - Labor All no 0 yes · 15 no 15 members - No [Enver Erdogan](https://politics.computer/mp/enver-erdogan) - No [Gayle Tierney](https://politics.computer/mp/gayle-tierney) - No [Harriet Shing](https://politics.computer/mp/harriet-shing) - No [Ingrid Stitt](https://politics.computer/mp/ingrid-stitt) - No [Jacinta Ermacora](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-ermacora) - No [Jaclyn Symes](https://politics.computer/mp/jaclyn-symes) - No [John Berger](https://politics.computer/mp/john-berger) - No [Lee Tarlamis](https://politics.computer/mp/lee-tarlamis) - No [Lizzie Blandthorn](https://politics.computer/mp/lizzie-blandthorn) - No [Michael Galea](https://politics.computer/mp/michael-galea) - No [Ryan Batchelor](https://politics.computer/mp/ryan-batchelor) - No [Shaun Leane](https://politics.computer/mp/shaun-leane) - No [Sheena Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/sheena-watt) - No [Sonja Terpstra](https://politics.computer/mp/sonja-terpstra) - No [Tom McIntosh](https://politics.computer/mp/tom-mcintosh) - Liberal All no 0 yes · 10 no 10 members - No [Ann-Marie Hermans](https://politics.computer/mp/ann-marie-hermans) - No [Bev McArthur](https://politics.computer/mp/bev-mcarthur) - No [David Davis](https://politics.computer/mp/david-davis) - No [Evan Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/evan-mulholland) - No [Georgie Crozier](https://politics.computer/mp/georgie-crozier) - No [Nick McGowan](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mcgowan) - No [Renee Heath](https://politics.computer/mp/renee-heath) - No [Richard Welch](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-welch) - No [Trung Luu](https://politics.computer/mp/trung-luu) - No [Wendy Lovell](https://politics.computer/mp/wendy-lovell) - Greens All yes 4 yes · 0 no 4 members - Yes [Aiv Puglielli](https://politics.computer/mp/aiv-puglielli) - Yes [Anasina Gray-Barberio](https://politics.computer/mp/anasina-gray-barberio) - Yes [Katherine Copsey](https://politics.computer/mp/katherine-copsey) - Yes [Sarah Mansfield](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-mansfield) - Smaller parties and independents - Yes [David Ettershank](https://politics.computer/mp/david-ettershank) Legalise Cannabis - Yes [Rachel Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/rachel-payne) Legalise Cannabis - No [Gaelle Broad](https://politics.computer/mp/gaelle-broad) Nationals - No [Melina Bath](https://politics.computer/mp/melina-bath) Nationals - Yes [Georgie Purcell](https://politics.computer/mp/georgie-purcell) Animal Justice Party - No [Moira Deeming](https://politics.computer/mp/moira-deeming) Family First - Yes [David Limbrick](https://politics.computer/mp/david-limbrick) Libertarian Party - No [Jeff Bourman](https://politics.computer/mp/jeffrey-bourman) Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. 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