Oregon towns and Idaho vote on psilocybin limits November 3

Psilocybin is on the ballot this fall, but only in measures that would restrict it. On November 3, 2026, voters in Redmond and Reedsport, Oregon, decide whether to keep local limits on state-licensed psilocybin businesses, and Joseph, Oregon, has a proposed ban whose ballot title is being challenged in court. Statewide, Idaho voters decide HJR 4, a constitutional amendment that would stop citizen initiatives from legalizing psychoactive substances. No measure to legalize or decriminalize psilocybin made any statewide ballot in 2026.

What Oregon voters are deciding

Oregon's Measure 109 (2020) lets adults 21 and older use psilocybin at state-licensed service centers with a licensed facilitator. Many Oregon cities and counties ban those centers, and three more local questions are headed to voters this year. Our guide to Oregon psilocybin service centers explains how the licensed program works.

Redmond's question asks whether to extend the city's moratorium on psilocybin service centers for two more years. The city council voted 6-1 on August 11, 2026 to send it to voters, the Bend Bulletin reported.

Reedsport's Measure 10-215 asks whether the city's ban on state-licensed psilocybin businesses should become permanent. The ban has been temporary since 2022 and was extended in 2024. According to KLCC, if the measure fails, licensed psilocybin businesses could open in the city.

Joseph's ballot title notice, dated August 14, 2026, asks: "Shall Joseph prohibit psilocybin-related businesses?" A Lostine man challenged the ballot title in court, and the challenge was still pending as of August 27, 2026, according to the Wallowa County Chieftain. We haven't been able to confirm the final wording or that the question will appear on the November ballot, so check your official ballot.

One measure is no longer on the November list. Philomath's Measure 2-147, a ban on psilocybin businesses, was moved to the May 19, 2026 primary. We have not confirmed how that vote turned out.

None of these local measures changes the rules for individuals. Possessing psilocybin outside Oregon's licensed system is a misdemeanor statewide; see our state-by-state law tracker for details.

What Idaho's HJR 4 would do

HJR 4 is a constitutional amendment that the Idaho Legislature referred to voters. If approved, it would make the Legislature the only body that can legalize "marijuana, narcotics, or other psychoactive substances," which would end citizen initiatives on those drugs. The amendment doesn't name psilocybin, but "other psychoactive substances" is broad enough to cover it. The Idaho House passed the resolution 58-10 and the Senate passed it 29-6 in 2025.

Psilocybin is already illegal in Idaho, and a 2026 pilot program bill, H 0899, was introduced with no reported action. So HJR 4 wouldn't change what's legal today. It would change who is allowed to change the law later.

No statewide legalization vote in 2026

No statewide measure to legalize or decriminalize psilocybin is on any November 3, 2026 ballot. In Alaska, the campaign for the Alaska Natural Medicine Act missed its signature deadline and is now aiming for 2028, according to UC Berkeley's state policy tracker, the only source we found for that change.

We also found no local measure to decriminalize psilocybin on a November ballot. Portland, Oregon acted without a public vote: its city council passed an ordinance on September 30, 2026 that makes personal use of natural psychedelics a low police priority. Our Portland ordinance explainer covers what that does and doesn't change, and our list of cities that decriminalized psilocybin tracks similar local actions.