• H.R. 1595/S.1200 - Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act and H.R. 6800 (the Heroes Act) the latter of which included requisite language from SAFE Banking. Access to banking and other traditional financial services is a critical issue facing the cannabis industry. Lack of access to those services is both a threat to public safety and a barrier to operational efficiency for cannabis businesses. The SAFE Banking Act would address these key business challenges - as well as the safety of the communities in which these businesses operate - while also ensuring the integrity of the financial system.

Duration: March 6, 2019 to September 30, 2020

General Issues: Banking, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Spending: about $284,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2019: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives