PA Bill Number: HB2663
Title: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal.
Description: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal. ...
Last Action: Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES
Last Action Date: Nov 19, 2024
Proposed Federal Senate Legislation SB1552
This legislation would decriminalize marijuana.
Legislation Overview
Title: Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Child safety and welfare: Criminal justice information and records: Criminal procedure and sentencing: Drug trafficking and controlled substances: Forests, forestry, trees: Government trust funds: Law enforcement administration and funding: Marketing and advertising: Medical research: Minority employment: Research administration and funding: Sales and excise taxes: Small business: Transportation safety and security: Women in business
Description: 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 imports, exports, manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute marijuana. Additionally, the bill does the following: establishes a trust fund to assist women-owned and minority-owned marijuana businesses, requires federal research on the impacts of marijuana use on highway safety and public health, authorizes federal restrictions on the marketing of marijuana-related products, and authorizes grants for state and local governments to expunge or seal convictions for marijuana possession.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2971-2972)
Last Action Date: May 20, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1552/all-info
Sponsors
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10 sponsors: Charles Schumer (D); Tammy Duckworth (D); Jeff Merkley (D); Bernard Sanders (I); Elizabeth Warren (D); Ron Wyden (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Tim Kaine (D); Edward Markey (D); Martin Heinrich (D)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | May 20 2019 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2971-2972) |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jun 3 2019 | federal bill text | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
Votes
There have not been any votes on this bill
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