US HB5068 | 2025-2026 | 119th Congress

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 75)
Status: Introduced on August 29 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-01-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

To decriminalize and deschedule cannabis, to provide for reinvestment in certain persons adversely impacted by the War on Drugs, to provide for expungement of certain cannabis offenses, and for other purposes.

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Title

MORE Act Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act

Sponsors

Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Morgan McGarvey [D-KY]
Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]Rep. Shri Thanedar [D-MI]Rep. Becca Balint [D-VT]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Nikema Williams [D-GA]
Rep. Maxwell Frost [D-FL]Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]Rep. Troy Carter [D-LA]Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]Rep. David Scott [D-GA]Rep. Jasmine Crockett [D-TX]
Rep. Greg Casar [D-TX]Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Frank Mrvan [D-IN]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]Rep. Lateefah Simon [D-CA]Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]Rep. Christopher Deluzio [D-PA]Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]
Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. Robert Garcia [D-CA]Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]
Rep. Shontel Brown [D-OH]Rep. Summer Lee [D-PA]Rep. Delia Ramirez [D-IL]Rep. Teresa Fernandez [D-NM]
Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]Rep. Jennifer McClellan [D-VA]Rep. Adelita Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Emily Randall [D-WA]
Rep. Julie Johnson [D-TX]Rep. Emilia Sykes [D-OH]Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]Rep. Kweisi Mfume [D-MD]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. Ritchie Torres [D-NY]Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]Rep. Nikki Budzinski [D-IL]Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Val Hoyle [D-OR]Rep. Melanie Stansbury [D-NM]Rep. Marilyn Strickland [D-WA]

History

DateChamberAction
2026-01-13HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
2026-01-13HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
2025-08-29HouseReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Ways and Means, Small Business, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
2025-08-29HouseIntroduced in House

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