Congress·In Committee·S. 3576
PREPARE Act of 2025
Congress proposes DOJ-led commission to plan federal cannabis rules, banking access, and safety standards
Legislative Progress
Senate
Key Points
- Creates a federal commission to map out how the U.S. could regulate cannabis if federal prohibition ends.
- The commission must study topics like product safety labels, youth protections, impaired driving, and how cannabis businesses can use banks.
- It also must look at harms from past cannabis arrests—especially for minority, low-income, and veteran communities—and suggest ways to fix them.
- The commission must ask for public input, hold a witness hearing (including people previously incarcerated for non-violent cannabis offenses), and post testimony online.
- The commission must post initial recommendations within 120 days and a final report within 1 year; it cannot make rules on its own.
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Dec 18, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Dec 18, 2025
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Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
PREPARE Act of 2025
Bill NumberS 3576
Congress119th Congress
ChamberSenate
Latest ActionRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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