Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act
Passed the House in 2020 and again in 2022, and the Senate never voted on it either time.
- BillH.R. 3617
- Congress117th Congress, 2021 to 2023
- SponsorJerrold Nadler (Democrat, NY)
- IntroducedMay 28, 2021
- Cause of deathPassed one chamber
- Died inthe Senate
What it would have done
Removed marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act, ended federal criminal penalties for it, and expunged past federal marijuana convictions.
The path to law
One chamber passed it. The other chamber’s leadership never brought it to the floor, and it expired when the Congress ended.
The votes
House, April 1, 2022. On passage (Roll no. 107).
220 yea, 204 nay, out of 435 seatsPassed
Other lives of this bill
116th CongressH.R. 3884. Passed the House 228 to 164 in December 2020; never brought up in the Senate.
The record
Last verified November 10, 2026.