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[30] [31] The bill passed by 239-136 house vote on April 11, 2024. [32] It was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 8, with 36 pages of amendments, [33] then passed by the senate on May 16. [34] An amended bill was returned from bicameral conference committee on June 5. [35] [36] On June 13, the bill passed 14-10 in the New Hampshire ...
The act was passed with a 24–10 majority by the House Judiciary Committee following markup on November 20, 2019. [8] [9] Only two Republicans voted in favor. [5] This was the first time in history a congressional committee approved a bill to end federal marijuana prohibition.
It was passed by House under suspension of the rules 395-25 five days later. [6] On November 16, 2022, the Senate passed the House bill by voice vote and sent it to the President to be signed into law. [1] [6] President Biden signed the bill into law on December 2, 2022. [7]
Marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. (Richard Vogel /) The bill passed with a simple majority, 228 to 164, with just 6 Democrats opposing it, and 5 votes approving on the ...
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act on...
As a result, many states pass "Smoke a joint, lose your license" laws under which any drug offense is punished with a mandatory six month driver's license suspension. [6] [7] 2014: The Rohrabacher–Farr amendment passes the U.S. House and is signed into law.
However, it is not unheard of for Congress to intervene in the drug scheduling process; in February 2000, for instance, the 105th Congress, in its second official session, passed Public Law 106-172, also known as the Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reed Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000, [24] adding GHB to Schedule I. [25] On June 23, 2011 ...
It was the first time a federal bill to legalize cannabis had ever passed a congressional committee. [86] The MORE Act passed the full House of Representatives on December 4, 2020, by a vote of 228–164. [87] [88] It passed the House for a second time on April 1, 2022, by a vote of 220–204. [89]