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H.R. 4815: Marijuana Justice Act of 2018

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H.R. 4815: Marijuana Justice Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2018-01-17 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-01-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Marijuana Justice Act of 2018

Plain summary

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.

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Official text

Marijuana Justice Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] · 43 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ro Khanna (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jared Huffman (D-CA), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Statute
A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr4815 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115