S 3032 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

STATES Act

Introduced Jun 7, 2018 Originated Senate Sponsor Elizabeth Warren D-MA

Latest action · Jun 7, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 7, 2018
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act or the STATES Act

This bill eliminates regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act for marijuana-related conduct and activities that are authorized by state or tribal law, subject to specified exceptions.

Cosponsors 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 7, 2018 to Sep 12, 2018; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NV	Catherine Cortez Masto	Original	Jun 7, 2018
D-NJ	Cory A. Booker	Original	Jun 7, 2018
R-CO	Cory Gardner	Original	Jun 7, 2018
R-AK	Dan Sullivan	Original	Jun 7, 2018
R-AK	Lisa Murkowski	Original	Jun 7, 2018
D-CO	Michael F. Bennet	Original	Jun 7, 2018
R-KY	Rand Paul	Original	Jun 7, 2018
D-MN	Amy Klobuchar		Jun 18, 2018
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Jun 18, 2018
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein		Sep 12, 2018

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jun 7, 2018

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 7, 2018Introduced in Senate
Jun 7, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 975	Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2017	Related bill	Feb 10, 2017
HR 6043	STATES Act	Identical bill	Jul 30, 2018

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for a new rule regarding the application of the Act to marihuana, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: STATES Act; Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 7, 2018Introduced in Senate

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