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The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, also known as the MORE Act, is a proposed piece of U.S. federal legislation that would deschedule cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act and enact various criminal and social justice reforms related to cannabis, including the expungement of prior convictions.
The bill was introduced in the United States Senate on July 21, 2022 as S.4591. [9] [10] In addition to decriminalizing cannabis at the federal level, the bill would expunge federal cannabis-related criminal records. It would add new funding for law enforcement to go after illegal marijuana operations.
The year 2022 began with several United States cannabis reform proposals pre-filed in 2021 for the upcoming year's legislative session. Among the remaining prohibitionist states, legalization of adult use in Delaware and Oklahoma was considered most likely, and Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island somewhat less likely; medical cannabis in Mississippi was called likely at the beginning ...
The Senate passed a second expungement bill. Bissaillon's bill was one of two expungement bills that cleared the Senate on Thursday, with backing from the state Public Defender's Office and the ...
The bill was numbered H.R. 420 in a nod to cannabis culture. [9] Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, also known as the MORE Act. 2019 legislation to remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act and tax cannabis products to create trust funds for justice projects. Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act.
[13] [14] [15] The bill was advanced by the House Labor and Public Employees Committee on March 25. [16] SB888 Bill February 11, 2021: Legalization Senate Bill 888, introduced at the governor's request and referred to the Joint Judiciary Committee on February 11, would legalize cannabis. [17] [18] It was tabled for the Senate calendar on June 1 ...
Jul. 25—MORGANTOWN — President Biden signed into law on Thursday the Federal Prison Oversight Act—a bill co-sponsored by Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito to address problems in the ...
Oct. 27—Earlier this month, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washougal, and Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, introduced a bill meant to "standardize and coordinate" administration of ...