More than 90 members of the U.S. Congress are sponsoring legislation that would remove marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act, including 75 House lawmakers supporting the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act and 17 senators backing the newly filed Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA).

Both proposals would fully deschedule marijuana while allowing states to maintain their own laws prohibiting or regulating its possession, production and sale. The bills would also establish procedures for expunging certain federal marijuana convictions and address issues including taxation, federal benefits, business access and communities disproportionately affected by prohibition.

In addition, a bipartisan group of eight House lawmakers is sponsoring the STATES 2.0 Act, which would not fully deschedule cannabis but would significantly reduce the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws by amending the Controlled Substances Act to exempt state- and tribal-legal marijuana activity from most federal enforcement.

Below is every current sponsor of the three proposals as of July 21, 2026.

MORE Act Sponsors

The MORE Act, filed as House Bill 5068, would remove marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols from the federal controlled substances schedules.

The proposal was introduced by Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and currently has 74 cosponsors, bringing it to 75 total sponsors. All 75 are Democrats.

Arizona

Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ)

California

Julia Brownley (D-CA)

Salud Carbajal (D-CA)

Lou Correa (D-CA)

Robert Garcia (D-CA)

Jared Huffman (D-CA)

Ro Khanna (D-CA)

Mike Levin (D-CA)

Ted Lieu (D-CA)

Brad Sherman (D-CA)

Lateefah Simon (D-CA)

Colorado

Jason Crow (D-CO)

Diana DeGette (D-CO)

Connecticut

Jahana Hayes (D-CT)

District of Columbia

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

Florida

Kathy Castor (D-FL)

Maxwell Frost (D-FL)

Frederica Wilson (D-FL)

Georgia

Hank Johnson (D-GA)

David Scott (D-GA)

Nikema Williams (D-GA)

Illinois

Nikki Budzinski (D-IL)

Bill Foster (D-IL)

Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL)

Robin Kelly (D-IL)

Delia Ramirez (D-IL)

Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)

Indiana

Frank Mrvan (D-IN)

Kentucky

Morgan McGarvey (D-KY)

Louisiana

Troy Carter (D-LA)

Maine

Chellie Pingree (D-ME)

Maryland

Kweisi Mfume (D-MD)

Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

Massachusetts

James McGovern (D-MA)

Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)

Michigan

Shri Thanedar (D-MI)

Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)

Minnesota

Betty McCollum (D-MN)

Ilhan Omar (D-MN)

Missouri

Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)

Nevada

Dina Titus (D-NV)

New Jersey

Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)

New Mexico

Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM)

Melanie Stansbury (D-NM)

New York

Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)

Grace Meng (D-NY)

Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)

Paul Tonko (D-NY)

Ritchie Torres (D-NY)

Nydia Velázquez (D-NY)

Ohio

Shontel Brown (D-OH)

Emilia Sykes (D-OH)

Oregon

Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)

Val Hoyle (D-OR)

Pennsylvania

Brendan Boyle (D-PA)

Chris Deluzio (D-PA)

Dwight Evans (D-PA)

Summer Lee (D-PA)

Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA)

Tennessee

Steve Cohen (D-TN)

Texas

Greg Casar (D-TX)

Joaquin Castro (D-TX)

Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)

Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)

Sylvia Garcia (D-TX)

Julie Johnson (D-TX)

Vermont

Becca Balint (D-VT)

Virginia

Don Beyer (D-VA)

Jennifer McClellan (D-VA)

Washington

Suzan DelBene (D-WA)

Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)

Emily Randall (D-WA)

Adam Smith (D-WA)

Marilyn Strickland (D-WA)

Wisconsin

Mark Pocan (D-WI)

In addition to descheduling marijuana, the MORE Act would expunge certain federal marijuana convictions, allow people serving sentences for qualifying offenses to seek resentencing and prohibit the denial of federal benefits based solely on marijuana use or a cannabis conviction.

The legislation would also establish a federal marijuana excise tax, with revenue supporting community reinvestment and programs intended to assist small businesses owned by people from communities disproportionately affected by marijuana prohibition.

Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act Sponsors

The 2026 version of the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act was filed July 16 by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Ron Wyden (D-OR).

The three lead sponsors were joined by 14 Democratic senators, bringing the bill to 17 total sponsors.

California

Alex Padilla (D-CA)

Colorado

Michael Bennet (D-CO)

John Hickenlooper (D-CO)

Georgia

Raphael Warnock (D-GA)

Massachusetts

Ed Markey (D-MA)

Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

Michigan

Gary Peters (D-MI)

Minnesota

Tina Smith (D-MN)

New Jersey

Cory Booker (D-NJ)

New Mexico

Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)

New York

Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)

Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

Oregon

Jeff Merkley (D-OR)

Ron Wyden (D-OR)

Pennsylvania

John Fetterman (D-PA)

Vermont

Peter Welch (D-VT)

Washington

Patty Murray (D-WA)

The CAOA would require the attorney general to finalize a rule removing marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act within 180 days of enactment.

It would transfer primary federal regulatory authority over marijuana to agencies including the Food and Drug Administration and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.

The proposal would also impose a federal excise tax, expunge qualifying federal marijuana convictions, allow incarcerated individuals to seek resentencing and establish programs supporting job training, legal services, community reinvestment and participation in the legal marijuana industry.

States would remain free to prohibit marijuana sales, although they generally could not block marijuana from being transported through their borders between jurisdictions where it is legal.

STATES 2.0 Act Would Stop Short of Full Descheduling

A separate bipartisan proposal, the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States 2.0 Act, known as the STATES 2.0 Act, would make major changes to federal marijuana policy but would stop short of fully descheduling cannabis nationwide.

The bill was introduced by Representative Dave Joyce (R-OH) and has seven cosponsors, bringing it to eight total sponsors. The group includes six Republicans and two Democrats.

California

Jay Obernolte (R-CA)

Florida

Brian Mast (R-FL)

Greg Steube (R-FL)

Nevada

Dina Titus (D-NV)

Ohio

Dave Joyce (R-OH)

Max Miller (R-OH)

Oregon

Val Hoyle (D-OR)

Washington

Dan Newhouse (R-WA)

Rather than removing marijuana entirely from the Controlled Substances Act, the bill would make most provisions of the act inapplicable to marijuana-related conduct that complies with state or tribal law.

That would provide federal protection for licensed marijuana businesses, consumers and employees operating legally under state-regulated systems. It would also address federal banking and tax issues, including exempting qualifying marijuana businesses from Section 280E of the federal tax code.

Federal prohibitions would remain in place for marijuana activity occurring outside state- or tribal-authorized systems, as well as conduct involving sales to people younger than 21 and the employment of minors in marijuana businesses.

As a result, the STATES 2.0 Act would significantly reduce the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws, but cannabis would not be fully removed from federal drug schedules in the same manner proposed under the MORE Act and CAOA.