US Congress House Bill 1455 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Limits restrictions on and penalties for certain cannabis-related activities that are authorized by state or local law (i.e., state-authorized). Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of funds made available by Congress to a federal department or agency to restrict the state-authorized use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of cannabis; to detain, prosecute, sentence, or initiate civil proceedings against an individual, business, or property involved in state-authorized cannabis-related activities; or to penalize a financial institution for providing financial services to a business engaged in state-authorized cannabis-related activities.

REFER Act of 2019 Restraining Excessive Federal Enforcement & Regulations of Cannabis Act of 2019

Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-03-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-02-28	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
2019-02-28	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
2019-02-28	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
2019-02-28	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1455/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1455/BILLS-116hr1455ih.pdf