YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityA federal panel would study how to regulate marijuana like alcohol and report within a year — the law itself stays the same
Transparency & Accountability
Within 60 days, the panel would ask the public, businesses, health experts, and state regulators for comments. It would also hold a hearing within 180 days, and a second comment period would follow its early report.
The panel would post early ideas on the Justice Department website within 120 days and final advice within one year, along with the hearing testimony. The advice would not change any law by itself.
More about this bill
Nothing would change for you right away. Marijuana would stay against federal law. Within 30 days, the Justice Department would set up a panel. It would study how the U.S. could treat marijuana the way it treats alcohol. The panel could not make rules. It could only give advice. It would look at problems like marijuana businesses that can't use banks, limits on medical research, taxes, and keeping kids safe. Within 60 days, the panel would ask the public, businesses, health experts, and state regulators for comments. It would post first ideas online in 120 days and a final report in one year. It would also hold a hearing within 180 days. Speakers would include marijuana business owners and people who served time for nonviolent marijuana crimes. About 30 people would sit on the panel. They would come from picks by leaders in Congress, federal agencies, and state marijuana boards. They would get no extra pay.
Congressional Summary
Preparing Regulators Effectively for a Post-prohibition Adult-use Regulated Environment Act of 2025 or the PREPARE Act of 2025 This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish the Commission on the Federal Regulation of Cannabis to study a plausible and prompt pathway to cannabis regulation.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-12-18
- Date Added
- 2026-10-02
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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