The ACLU, the NAACP and over 120 other groups have sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) requesting that the House take a vote on the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act next month. This bill would legalize cannabis, expunge cannabis records and dedicate tax revenue from cannabis sales to help improve communities harmed by the War on Drugs.

“Mass criminalization, racially biased policing, and over-enforcement of drug law violations have devastated the social and economic fabrics of communities of color, while also tearing apart the lives of millions of individuals and families,” the letter reads. “The continued enforcement of marijuana prohibition laws results in over 600,000 arrests annually, disproportionately impacting people of color. This results in family separation when a jail or prison sentence is involved. This also means that these individuals will be marked with a drug conviction record that will affect their ability to work, find housing, and otherwise provide for their families. Further, marijuana criminalization continues to be a driver of family separation in the immigration system.”

The bill already has 83 cosponsors, and it seems likely it would pass if it was to be taken to a vote. That being said, it seems unlikely the Senate would take a vote on the bill before November, and it likely would not pass in the Senate if a vote was taken.

Furthermore, it doesn’t seem likely Trump would sign it if it did somehow pass in the Senate. Justin Strekal, political director at NORML, told Cannabis News Box that he agrees that the MORE Act is a good bill to pass.

“The MORE Act is the only bill supported by a broad coalition of supporters from nearly every aspect of the American public,” Strekal said. “Drug policy advocates, criminal justice reform advocates, industry interests, public health professionals, law enforcement, etc etc. You name a segment of society, it has supporters of the MORE Act.”

Strekal said the legalization movement has come a long way in recent years, and it’s now “good policy and good politics” for Congress to legalize cannabis and expunge people’s records. He said he does not know if this bill will pass anytime soon, but he said it should pass. When a bill like this one passes may depend on what happens with the election in November.