House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PREPARE Act of 2025
Official title: To establish a Commission on the Federal Regulation of Cannabis to study a prompt and plausible pathway to the Federal regulation of cannabis, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. David Joyce R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 17, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Agriculture, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2935.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 67, April 17, 2025, Page H1613):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2935, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2935
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Joyce.
- H.R. 2853 (119th) Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
- H.R. 9327 (119th) PEARL Act
- H.R. 1005 (119th) Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act
- H.R. 5166 (119th) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.R. 8495 (119th) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2027
- H.R. 1477 (119th) Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 3576 (119th) PREPARE Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.