118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2860SAFER Banking Act

A bill to create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses, and for other purposes.

Finance and financial sector
Introduced Sep 20, 2023
Last action Dec 6, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Sep 20, 2023
Step 2
Referred
Sep 20, 2023
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Step 3
Committee
Sep 27, 2023
Reported out
Step 4
Senate
Sep 28, 2023
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill provides protections for federally regulated financial institutions that serve state-sanctioned marijuana businesses. Currently, many financial institutions do not provide services to state-sanctioned marijuana businesses due to the federal classification of marijuana as a Schedule I controlled substance. Under the bill, a federal banking regulator may not penalize a depository institution for providing banking services to a state-sanctioned marijuana business. For example, regulators may not terminate or limit the deposit or share insurance of a depository institution solely because the institution provides financial services to a state-sanctioned marijuana business. The bill al...

Provisions · 18 sectionsReported to Senate
Timeline · 6 actions
Dec 6, 2023
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
Sep 28, 2023
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported by Senator Brown with amendments. Without written report.
Sep 28, 2023
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 215.
Sep 27, 2023
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Sep 20, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Sep 20, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.