Last week, a coalition of US Senators introduced the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA), which aims to deschedule marijuana. A similar bill is also currently active in the House of Representatives. Below is a complete list of sponsors for these measures, and the states they represent.
The CAOA would mandate that the US Attorney General finalize rules to remove marijuana as a controlled substance within 180 days, and establish a 5% federal excise tax on marijuana producers, which would increase to 12.5% by the fifth year. Similarly, the MORE Act in the House proposes to deschedule marijuana and impose a federal tax on state-legal sales.
Additionally, the CAOA aims to set federal safety standards for legal marijuana products. This includes the creation of a Center for Cannabis Products within the FDA, tasked with regulating the production, labeling, distribution, sales, and other manufacturing and retail aspects of the cannabis industry.
While the CAOA has 18 sponsors, the MORE Act boasts 88. Together, these lawmakers represent 30 different states.
Below is the full list of lawmakers sponsoring the CAOA:
Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Senator John Fetterman (D-PA)
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA)
Senator Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Senator Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
Senator Laphonza R. Butler (D-CA)
Senator Peter Welch (D-VT)
Senator Tina Smith (D-MN)
Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM)
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Senator John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Senator Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Below is the full list of lawmakers sponsoring the MORE Act:
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Eleanor Norton (D-DC)
Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Nydia Velázquez (D-NY)
David Scott (D-GA)
Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
Henry C. “Hank” Johnson (D-GA)
Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
Jared Huffman (D-CA)
Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL)
Valerie Hoyle (D-OR)
Dina Titus (D-NV)
Seth Moulton (D-MA)
Marilyn Strickland (D-WA)
Valerie Foushee (D-NC)
Alma Adams (D-NC)
Shontel Brown (D-OH)
Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Tony Cárdenas (D-CA)
Joe Neguse (D-CO)
Cori Bush (D-MO)
Katie Porter (D-CA)
Melanie Stansbury (D-NM)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
Kweisi Mfume (D-MD)
Troy Carter (D-LA)
James “Jim” McGovern (D-MA)
Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)
Mark Takano (D-CA)
Diana DeGette (D-CO)
Janice “Jan” Schakowsky (D-IL)
Paul Tonko (D-NY)
Kathy Castor (D-FL)
Becca Balint (D-VT)
Luis Correa (D-CA)
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Ted Lieu (D-CA)
Mary Scanlon (D-PA)
Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
Mike Levin (D-CA)
Ro Khanna (D-CA)
Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
Robert Julio Garcia (D-CA)
Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
Maxwell Frost (D-FL)
Dan Goldman (D-NY)
Morgan McGarvey (D-KY)
Dean Phillips (D-MN)
Shri Thanedar (D-MI)
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
Dwight Evans (D-PA)
Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
Jimmy Gomez (D-CA)
Daniel Kildee (D-MI)
Donald Beyer (D-VA)
Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
Mark Pocan (D-WI)
Brad Sherman (D-CA)
David Trone (D-MD)
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
Nikema Williams (D-GA)
Sylvia Garcia (D-TX)
Grace Meng (D-NY)
Delia Ramirez (D-IL)
Ritchie Torres (D-NY)
Al Green (D-TX)
Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Brendan Boyle (D-PA)
Adam Smith (D-WA)
Joaquin Castro (D-TX)
Joseph Morelle (D-NY)
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL)
Chris Deluzio (D-PA)
Andy Kim (D-NJ)
Jennifer McClellan (D-VA)
Steven Horsford (D-NV)
Below are the states with representatives on one or both of these lists:
New York (NY)
Tennessee (TN)
District of Columbia (DC)
Arizona (AZ)
Maryland (MD)
Florida (FL)
Illinois (IL)
Nevada (NV)
North Carolina (NC)
Ohio (OH)
Texas (TX)
Delaware (DE)
Missouri (MO)
Louisiana (LA)
Maine (ME)
New Jersey (NJ)
Virginia (VA)
Kentucky (KY)
Wisconsin (WI)
Georgia (GA)
California (CA)
Massachusetts (MA)
New Mexico (NM)
Colorado (CO)
Washington (WA)
Vermont (VT)
Minnesota (MN)
Oregon (OR)
Pennsylvania (PA)
Michigan (MI)
