NORML’s Action Center
NORML’s mission is to move public opinion sufficiently to legalize the responsible use of marijuana by adults, and to serve as an advocate for consumers to assure they have access to high-quality marijuana that is safe, convenient and affordable.
NORML’s Action Center
Federal Priorities:
- New: The Marijuana Justice Act of 2017 Introduced
- Caucus: Tell Your Congressional Representative: Join the Cannabis Caucus
- Protect Our Progress: Bipartisan Leaders Reintroduce the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act
- Deschedule Marijuana: The Ending Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017
- Advocacy: Contact the ONDCP Commission: Medical Marijuana as an Alternative to Opioids
- Timely: Tell Your Elected Officials To Protect Lawful Medical Marijuana Programs From Attorney General Jeff Sessions
- Timely: Federal: Amendment To Expand Veterans’ Access to Medical Marijuana
Additional Federal Efforts:
- Legalization: The Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act Introduced (Senate and House Bill)
- Veterans: House Bill Introduced to Expand Veterans’ Access to Medical Marijuana
- Medical: Legislation To Protect Medical Marijuana Patients Pending In Senate (CARERS Act)
- Medical: Bill Seeks to Reschedule Marijuana Under the CSA
- Medical: Remove Federal Restrictions on CBD
- Judicial: Demand That The New US Attorney’s Respect State Marijuana Laws
- Judicial: End Arbitrary License Suspensions For Minor Marijuana Possession (The Better Drive Act)
- Economic: Legislation Pending To Halt Federal Forfeiture Actions Against Marijuana Facilities
- Economic: Legislation Pending To Cease Penalizing State-Compliant Marijuana Businesses Under the Federal Tax Code
- Economic: Support The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act (SAFE Banking Act)
- Economic: Support the State Marijuana And Regulatory Tolerance (SMART) Enforcement Act
- Economic: House and Senate Measures Seek to Protect Marijuana Businesses and Consumers
- Hemp: Exclude Hemp From the Controlled Substances Act
- Science: Legislation To Facilitate Medical Marijuana Research
- Advocacy: Tell AAA To Stop Lying About Legalization
State Legislation: Awaiting Gubernatorial Action
- New York: Legislation To Add PTSD as a Qualifying Condition Sent To Governors
- Rhode Island: Bill Establishing a Marijuana Legalization Study Committee Awaits Governor’s Signature
Read the Full List of 2017 Approved and Enacted Legislation
State Legislation: Legalization
- Connecticut: Democrats Revive Marijuana Legalization Plan In Budget Fight (updated 5/16)
- DC: Legalization Measure Re-Introduced to City Council
- Illinois: Marijuana Legalization Bills Introduced
- New Jersey: Legislation Introduced to Legalize Marijuana (updated 6/19)
- Wisconsin: Bill Filed To Regulate Marijuana Possession, Use, Sales (updated 8/25)
State Legislation: Decriminalization
- Georgia: Legislature is Considering Decriminalization
- Pennsylvania: Measure Pending to Reduce Marijuana Possession Penalties (updated 4/27)
- Virginia: Tell The Crime Commission to Decriminalize Marijuana
- Wisconsin: Measure Pending to Reduce Marijuana Possession Penalties (updated 6/26)
State Legislation: Other
- California: Support Legislation to Protect Marijuana Laws From Federal Interference (updated 6/27)
- Massachusetts: Support Legislation to End Discrimination Against Medical Marijuana Consumers(updated 3/16)
- Oregon: Legislation Pending To Permit Social Use (updated 5/31)
State Legislation: Medical
- Florida: Tell The Board of Medicine to Stop Stoking Marijuana Fears
- Maine: Gov. Asks “Why Do We Need Medical Marijuana?” Here’s Why
- Wisconsin: Legislation Introduced To Legalize Medical Marijuana (updated 2/27)
Local Legislation NORML Chapters Support
Legislation NORML Opposes
Hemp Legislation
Vetoed Legislation
- Arizona: Governor Vetoes Legislation Permitting Commerce In Industrial Hemp
- Florida: Governor Vetoes Funding Effort For Medical Cannabis Research
- Nevada: Governor Vetoes Bill Vacating Past Marijuana Convictions
- New Mexico: Two Hemp Bills Vetoed
- New Mexico: Legislation to Expand Medical Cannabis Program Vetoed
- Vermont: Governor Vetoes Marijuana Depenalization Measure; Says He Remains Open To Working With Lawmakers This Summer
Tabled Legislation
- Alaska: Bill Introduced to Protect Marijuana Industry from Federal Interference
- Arkansas: Oppose The Legislation To Indefinitely Delay Medical Marijuana Implementation
- Arkansas: Oppose The Bill To Impose Presumptive THC Impairment Standards
- Arizona: Measures Introduced To Regulate Marijuana Retail Sales
- Arizona: Measure introduced To Defelonize Minor Marijuana Offenses
- Colorado: Legislation to Protect Marijuana Laws From Federal Interference “Postponed Indefinitely”
- Connecticut: Adult Use Marijuana Regulatory Bills Filed In House and Senate
- Connecticut: Oppose The Bill To Impose Presumptive THC Impairment Standards
- Delaware: Marijuana Legalization Legislation Stalled
- Florida: Marijuana Decriminalization Measure introduced
- Florida: House/Senate Fail to Reconcile Amendment 2 Implementation Measure
- Florida: Oppose Bill To Impose Presumptive THC Impairment Standards
- Georgia: Legislation Pending to Reduce Minor Marijuana Possession Offenses
- Hawaii: Marijuana Legalization Measures Pending
- Hawaii: Multiple Decriminalization Measures Pending
- Hawaii: Oppose The Bill To Impose Presumptive THC Impairment Standards
- Indiana: Legislation Seeks to Provide Medical Marijuana Access
- Iowa: Bill Pending to Reduce Marijuana Possession Penalties
- Kansas: Support Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Reform
- Kansas: Legislation Pending To Permit Patients Access to Low-THC Cannabis
- Kentucky: Legislation Reintroduced to Legalize Marijuana in 2017
- Kentucky: Legislation to Establish a Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Program
- Maine: Require Insurance to Cover Medical Marijuana Expenses
- Maine: Support Measure to Expedite Retail Cannabis Sales
- Maryland: Marijuana Legalization Pending
- Maryland: Marijuana Legalization Constitutional Amendment Introduced
- Maryland: Oppose Measure To Impose Zero Tolerant Presumptive THC Impairment Standards
- Minnesota: Marijuana Legalization Measure Introduced
- Missouri: Marijuana Legalization Bill Introduced
- Missouri: Multiple Medical Marijuana Bills Pending
- Mississippi: Legislation Introduced to Establish a Medical Marijuana Pilot Program
- Montana: Oppose The Proposed Tax on Medical Marijuana
- Nebraska: Lawmakers Move Medical Marijuana Bill
- Nevada: Legislation Pending To Permit Social Use
- Nevada: Measure Seeks to Vacate Former Marijuana Convictions
- New Hampshire: Marijuana Legalization Legislation Pending Before House Lawmakers
- New Hampshire: Patient Cultivation Bill Pending
- New Hampshire: Senate Legalization Bill Pending
- New Mexico: Legislation To Legalize Marijuana
- New Mexico: Marijuana Decriminalization Measure
- North Dakota: Marijuana Decriminalization Measure Introduced
- New York: Legalization Measure Introduced to Legislature (updated 6/13)
- New York: Legislation To Expand State’s Medical Marijuana Law
- New York: Legislation Pending to Eliminate ‘Public View’ Marijuana Possession Arrests
- New York: Seal Past Marijuana Possession Convictions (updated 3/27)
- New York: Senate Legislation Pending To Expand Patients’ Access to Medical Cannabis (updated 5/18)
- New York: Legislation Introduced To Expand Patients’ Medical Marijuana Access
- North Carolina: Medical Marijuana Legislation Filed
- Oklahoma: Legislation Pending To Establish a Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Program
- Oklahoma: Hemp Production Legislation Introduced
- Oregon: Legislation to End Workplace Discrimination Against Adult Marijuana Consumers Stalls Among Lawmakers
- Rhode Island: Legislation Pending To Increase Medical Cannabis Access
- South Carolina: Medical Marijuana Legislation Introduced
- South Dakota: Legislation Pending to Eliminate Internal Possession Offenses
- Tennessee: Support Measure To Reduce Marijuana Possession Penalties
- Tennessee: Legislation to Establish a Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Program
- Texas: Lawmakers Introduce Marijuana Decriminalization Legislation
- Texas: Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Legislation Introduced
- Texas: Request To Establish An Interim Committee To Study The Feasibility Of Medical Cannabis
- Texas: Legislature to Grapple with Affirmative Defense Bill
- Vermont: Legislation to Tax and Regulate the Sale of Marijuana
- Virginia: Decriminalization Delayed But Future is Bright
- Virginia: Juvenile Expungement Bill Fails In House Committee
- Virginia: Legislature to Address Cannabidiol Affirmative Defense Bill
- Washington: Oppose Measure Seeking to Repeal Marijuana Legalization
- Washington: Legislation Pending to Permit Home Cultivation
- Washington: Support Legislation to End Workplace Discrimination Against Medical Marijuana Consumers
- West Virginia: Legislation Introduced to Legalize Marijuana
- Wyoming: Marijuana Decriminalization Measure Introduced
- Wyoming: Legislation Introduced to Legalize Marijuana for Adult Use
- Wyoming: Oppose Senate Changes To Marijuana Penalty Reform Bill
