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SAFE Banking Language Not Included In Final NDAA Package

NORML

The post SAFE Banking Language Not Included In Final NDAA Package appeared first on NORML. It is unfortunate that Congress chose to not affirm the legitimacy of state-level marijuana legalization and instead chose to deny this emerging legal industry access to basic financial tools and services.

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House Members Once Again Advance SAFE Banking Reform in Must-Pass NDAA Package, Include Cannabis Protections for Veterans

NORML

The post House Members Once Again Advance SAFE Banking Reform in Must-Pass NDAA Package, Include Cannabis Protections for Veterans appeared first on NORML. The vote marks the seventh time that House members have advanced this language to the Senate as either an amendment or as a stand-alone bill.

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House COVID Package Includes Cannabis Banking Relief, But Not Small Business Support

NORML

Included in the language of the bill is HR 1595: The SAFE Banking Act, which amends federal law so that explicitly banks and other financial institutions may work directly with state-legal marijuana businesses. Reform advocates , including NORML, had lobbied leadership to include banking reform in the latest COVID relief measure.

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Nearly a Quarter of Senate Members Send Bipartisan Letter Urging Congressional Leadership to Keep SAFE Banking in Pending Legislative Package

NORML

A bipartisan group of 24 Senators stood up for public safety and for greater economic opportunities for legal cannabis businesses today by sending a letter to leadership in both chambers of Congress asking them to include cannabis banking reform language in broad legislation currently being debated in conference committee.

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Attorneys General Push for Marijuana Banking Reform

NORML

Attorneys Generals from 34 states and territories sent a letter today to Congressional leadership urging members to expeditiously pass The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act so that state-licensed cannabis business can explicitly engage in relationships with banks and other financial institutions.

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COVID-19 Relief Package Includes Cannabis Banking Relief

The Joint Blog

Included in the language of the bill, according to NORML, is HR 1595: The SAFE Banking Act, which amends federal law so that explicitly banks and other financial institutions may work directly with state-legal marijuana businesses. The post COVID-19 Relief Package Includes Cannabis Banking Relief appeared first on TheJointBlog.

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Perlmutter Tweets SAFE Banking Added To America COMPETES Legislation

Cannabis Law Report

I appreciate the bipartisan support from my colleagues and look forward to the final vote on the package tomorrow. House Officially Approves Marijuana Banking Amendment To Large-Scale Bill Set For Final Passage Friday. Let’s see what happens… NEW: #SAFEBanking has been formally added to #AmericaCOMPETES. — Rep.

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