Advocate for the legalization of marijuana.

Troy Carter will be an advocate for the legalization of marijuana and the elimination of student loan debt.

Carter commits to advocating for marijuana legalization.

What Voters Need To Know - Troy Carter for Congress
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The official House homepage lists latest news items dated June 8, June 5, and May 29, 2026, and text searches on the page found no matches for "marijuana", "cannabis", "hemp", or "legalization".

No cannabis-related public action is visible on Carter's official site in the lookback window.

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Representative Troy Carter |
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The enrolled House-passed text states that H.R. 3617 was an act "To decriminalize and deschedule cannabis" and was cited as the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act or MORE Act.

The bill Carter supported directly matched the promise to advocate marijuana legalization by removing cannabis from federal scheduling and criminal penalties.

delivered same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.3617 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): MORE Act | Congress.gov
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Congress.gov lists "Rep. Carter, Troy [D-LA-2]" as a cosponsor of H.R. 3617 on 10/22/2021.

Carter took concrete legislative action in his first House term by cosponsoring the MORE Act, a federal cannabis decriminalization and descheduling bill.

delivered same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.3617 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): MORE Act
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 107 on H.R. 3617, the MORE Act, as passed 220-204; the vote list shows "Carter (LA) Democratic Louisiana LA Yea."

Carter voted for final House passage of the MORE Act, further proving advocacy for federal marijuana legalization during the relevant term.

delivered same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 107 | H.R.3617
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Congress.gov summarizes H.R. 3617 as a bill that "decriminalizes marijuana" by removing marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act schedules and eliminating criminal penalties for manufacturing, distributing, or possessing marijuana. Latest action was Senate referral after House passage.

The official summary confirms the policy substance of the Carter-backed bill; Senate inaction means legalization was not enacted, but the promise was to advocate, not guarantee enactment.

delivered same_term A for effort

H.R.3617 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): MORE Act
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Congress.gov lists "Rep. Carter, Troy [D-LA-2]*" as an original cosponsor of H.R. 5601, the 118th Congress MORE Act, on 09/20/2023.

Carter continued the same marijuana legalization advocacy in a later House term by joining the reintroduced MORE Act at introduction.

delivered later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.5601 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): MORE Act
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Congress.gov states H.R. 5601 had status Introduced and latest action of referral to the Subcommittee on Trade; its summary says the bill decriminalizes marijuana by removing it from Controlled Substances Act schedules and eliminating federal criminal penalties.

The reintroduced MORE Act did not become law in the 118th Congress, but Carter's original cosponsorship still evidences continued advocacy for legalization.

delivered later_term A for effort

H.R.5601 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): MORE Act
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