Representative Guy Rechenthaler is sponsoring a bill to prohibit federal agencies from taking any adverse action against a person solely because the person provides business assistance to a cannabis-related legitimate business. H.R. 7987 also looks to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to create a safe harbor for national securities exchanges to list the securities of issuers that are cannabis-related legitimate businesses, and for other purposes. Publicly traded companies in the space include Aurora Cannabis (ACB), CV Sciences (CVSI), Canopy Growth (CGC), Cronos Group (CRON), Goodness Growth (GDNSF), Green Thumb Industries (GTBIF), IGC Pharma (IGC), Tilray (TLRY), Trees Corporation (CANN) and Trulieve Cannabis (TCNNF).
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