--- title: "Cannabis law reform (Victorian Legislative Council, 12 August 2026) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported the Legislative Council noting concerns about cannabis law and calling on the government to ask Victorians whether they back legalising cannabis under the 2023 personal adult use bill. Defeated 8 to 27 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 12 August 2026. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2026-08-12/2" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Victorian Legislative Council](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 12 August 2026 · [Integrity and democracy](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council?topic=integrity%5Fdemocracy) # Cannabis law reform Voting yes supported the Legislative Council noting concerns about cannabis law and calling on the government to ask Victorians whether they back legalising cannabis under the 2023 personal adult use bill. Defeated **8** yes **27** no The question put That this house notes that: (1) cannabis is the most widely consumed illicit substance in Australia and 80 per cent of Victorians support cannabis law reform; (2) a plebiscite on cannabis legalisation would ensure that every Victorian has a direct voice in shaping one of the most significant and long-overdue drug policy reforms of our time; (3) we have endured nearly 100 years of prohibition, and this policy has failed to reduce use and failed to eliminate the illicit market; (4) thousands of Victorians continue to come into contact with the criminal justice system simply for the personal use of small amounts of cannabis; (5) First Nations people are disproportionately affected by the policing of cannabis and are 11 times more likely to be arrested for cannabis-related offences than non-Indigenous Victorians; (6) as Victoria progresses treaty, Parliament must address the ongoing inequities created by our current cannabis laws; and calls on the government to ask Victorians if they support the legalisation of cannabis in Victoria as proposed in the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Regulation of Personal Adult Use of Cannabis) Bill 2023. ## 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 [Joe McCracken](https://politics.computer/mp/joe-mccracken) - No [Nick McGowan](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mcgowan) - No [Renee Heath](https://politics.computer/mp/renee-heath) - 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 - Yes [David Limbrick](https://politics.computer/mp/david-limbrick) Libertarian Party Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together. [Previous Vote 1 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2026-08-12/1) [All Victorian Legislative Council votes](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Victoria](https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/parliamentary-activity/hansard/hansard-details/HANSARD-974425065-36249#division-marker-1). The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. 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