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In November, Paxton also sued Dallas after its residents overwhelmingly voted to decriminalize possession.

From Slate ● May 28, 2025

Then in 2021, a movement to decriminalize cruising began to take root in National City.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

Mexico City was the first Mexican jurisdiction to decriminalize abortion 15 years ago.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2023

Within days, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio declared that his government would decriminalize abortion “at a time when sexual and reproductive health rights for women are being either overturned or threatened.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2023

“Did you lead the charge to decriminalize public urination in Washington, D.C.?”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023

Additionally, the bill effectively decriminalizes street vending without a license.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 5, 2023

Legal jaywalking: California’s “Freedom to Walk” act, which decriminalizes jaywalking, will go into effect on Jan 1.

From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022

Pedestrians take note: A new law decriminalizes safe jaywalking in California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2022

Last week, Brown signed a bill authored by Lara into law that decriminalizes sidewalk vending, a business popular with many immigrants.

From Fox News ● Sep. 28, 2018

Cuba, which decriminalizes abortions in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy, is the only country in Latin America where legal abortion is common.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2012

Venezuela decriminalized the use of the dollar and lifted controls to combat a hyperinflationary cycle that lasted from 2017 to 2022.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

A decade later, the Edict of Milan decriminalized Christianity in the empire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

Four years after California decriminalized sidewalk vending, the passage of SB 972 was a watershed moment for the mobile food economy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

Indian cinema has seen a wave of queer-themed commercial movies since gay sex was decriminalized in a Supreme Court decision in 2018.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2024

None of France’s major political parties represented in parliament is questioning the right to abortion, which was decriminalized in 1975.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

In New York, two opposing bills—one decriminalizing prostitution, which was supported by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when he was still an assemblymember, and the other enacting the Nordic model—are still under consideration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Rodriguez stabilized the situation by introducing greater fiscal discipline, halting the printing of money, relaxing exchange controls and decriminalizing the use of the dollar, which has become Venezuela's de facto currency.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

Dr. Anna Lembke, a professor at Stanford who raised concerns years ago over the rise in opioid prescriptions, shares those concerns about decriminalizing psychedelics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2023

Oregon — which pioneered decriminalizing marijuana, boosting recycling, and protecting immigrants — is often viewed as one of America’s most liberal states.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2023

Part of the jump in fare evasion stems from a District of Columbia law decriminalizing fare evasion that took effect on May 3, 2019.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 28, 2023