St. Petersburg is moving forward on an ordinance to decriminalize marijuana.

A committee is meeting to review the ordinance today.

The ordinance would decriminalize possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana.

It passed, the ordinance would make charges a misdemeanor for having a small amount of pot.

Instead, people will be fined for violating the city code, making it much like a traffic ticket.

Tampa passed a similar ordinance last month.