MORE Act of 2020

Summary

Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019 or the MORE Act of 2019 This bill decriminalizes marijuana. Specifically, it removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana. The bill also makes other changes, including the following: replaces statutory references to marijuana and marihuana with cannabis , requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics to regularly publish demographic data on cannabis business owners and employees, establishes a trust fund to support various programs and services for individuals and businesses in communities impacted by the war on drugs, imposes a 5% tax on cannabis products and requires revenues to be deposited into the trust fund, makes Small Business Administration loans and services available to entities that are cannabis-related legitimate businesses or service providers, prohibits the denial of federal public benefits to a person on the basis of certain cannabis-related conduct or convictions, prohibits the denial of benefits and protections under immigration laws on the basis of a cannabis-related event (e.g., conduct or a conviction), and establishes a process to expunge convictions and conduct sentencing review hearings related to federal cannabis offenses.

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• Referred in Senate (text)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 7 December 2020

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• Referred in Senate (PDF)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 7 December 2020

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 4 December 2020

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• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 4 December 2020

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• Passed House

  summary · EN · 4 December 2020

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 27 November 2020

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 27 November 2020

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• Reported to House, Part I

  summary · EN · 27 November 2020

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 23 July 2019

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 23 July 2019

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 23 July 2019

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