US Congress Senate Bill 597 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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: reduces federal funds for a state that has not legalized marijuana and has a disproportionate arrest rate or a disproportionate incarceration rate for marijuana offenses, directs federal courts to expunge convictions for marijuana use or possession, and establishes a fund—the Community Reinvestment Fund—to support grants in communities most affected by the war on drugs.

Marijuana Justice Act of 2019

Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-28	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB1456 (Same As) 2019-04-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
SB697 (Related) 2019-03-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB1893 (Related) 2019-04-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/597/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s597/BILLS-116s597is.pdf