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H.R. 3884: MORE Act of 2020

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H.R. 3884: MORE Act of 2020

116th Congress · introduced 2019-07-23 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-07-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 234 (2020): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR3884 (2020-12-04), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

MORE Act of 2020

Plain summary

Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2020 or the MORE Act of 2020 This bill 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 manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana. The bill also makes other changes, including the following: replaces statutory references to marijuana and marihuana with cannabis , requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics to regularly publish demographic data on cannabis business owners and employees, establishes a trust fund to support various programs and services for individuals and businesses in communities impacted by the war on drugs, imposes an excise tax on cannabis products produced in or imported into the United States and an occupational tax on cannabis production facilities and export warehouses, makes Small Business Administration loans and services available to entities that are cannabis-related legitimate businesses or service providers, prohibits the denial of federal public benefits to a person on the basis of certain cannabis-related conduct or convictions, prohibits the denial of benefits and protections under immigration laws on the basis of a cannabis-related event (e.g., conduct or a conviction), establishes a process to expunge convictions and conduct sentencing review hearings related to federal cannabis offenses, and directs the Government Accountability Office to study the societal impact of cannabis legalization.

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Official text

MORE Act of 2020

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10] · 120 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3884, MORE Act of 2020 (2020-12-04)

Cosponsors on this site

Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Dina Titus (D-NV), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and 60 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10] reported raising $258,402 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

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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-cong116-hr3884 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116