That debate played out over the course of a tense, nearly four-hour Seattle City Council meeting Tuesday in which Council members ultimately voted 5-4 to reject a bill that would have updated the Seattle Municipal Code to incorporate parts of a newly adopted state law that makes possession and use of illegal drugs a gross misdemeanor.
The failure of the bill does not impact whether or not drug possession is illegal, nor limit police officers’ ability to arrest people for possession or public use. It does likely limit how many of those arrests will get prosecuted.
The bill, co-sponsored by Councilmembers Sara Nelson and Alex Pedersen and backed by City
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