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Marijuana Justice Act of 2018

Introduced: September 26, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 8, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Feb 7, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jan 24, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jan 19, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 17, 2018
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 17, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Marijuana Justice Act of 2018

This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act:

  • to remove marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols from schedule I; and
  • to eliminate criminal penalties for an individual who imports, exports, manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute marijuana.

It prohibits and reduces certain federal funds for a state without a statute legalizing marijuana, if the Bureau of Justice Assistance determines that such a state has a disproportionate arrest rate or disproportionate incarceration rate for marijuana offenses.

The bill directs federal courts to expunge convictions for marijuana use or possession.

Finally, it establishes in the Treasury the Community Reinvestment Fund. Amounts in the fund may be used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grant program to reinvest in communities most affected by the war on drugs.

What's happening now February 8, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1689 Related bill Marijuana Justice Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 9
 Cosponsors 24
All 24 Democratic 21
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Dec 20, 2018
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Dec 20, 2018
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Sep 26, 2018
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Sep 4, 2018
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 15, 2018
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Apr 26, 2018
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Apr 26, 2018
Kihuen, Ruben
· Apr 24, 2018
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 17, 2018
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Jan 22, 2018
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Jan 18, 2018
CROWLEY, JOSEPH
· Jan 18, 2018
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jan 18, 2018
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jan 17, 2018
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jan 17, 2018
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jan 17, 2018
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jan 17, 2018
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Jan 17, 2018
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Jan 17, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 17, 2018
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jan 17, 2018
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jan 17, 2018
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jan 17, 2018
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Jan 17, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4815: Marijuana Justice Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4815/
MLA
"H.R. 4815: Marijuana Justice Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4815/.
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H.R. 4815, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4815/.
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