CFIG Cannabis Clips Week of Tuesday, July 18

Cannabis News of Note:

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network noted that marijuana banking “continues to be a topic of legislative discussion.”

CRB Monitor News: Payroll, Benefits Plans Cause Regulatory Headaches

CRB Monitor News: Cannabis Licensing Stalls in the 1st Quarter as Markets Mature

CRB Monitor News: Public Access to Cannabis Licensing Info Improves

Cannabis Business Times: US Senate Sets Cloture Vote on Trump’s DEA Administrator Pick

Marijuana Moment: Senators Advance Bill Continuing Medical Marijuana Protections And Omitting House Proposal To Block Rescheduling

Marijuana Moment: Trump Signs Fentanyl Criminalization Bill That Could Also Open Up Research On Marijuana, Psychedelics And Other Schedule I Drugs

Marijuana Moment: USDA Database Describes Marijuana As ‘Medicinal’ Even As Federal Government Keeps It In Schedule I

Sen. Mitch McConnell: we can grow hemp and protect kids at the same time | Opinion

Punchbowl The Vault: Senators push to overhaul small business database (paywalled newsletter, text below)

 

Cannabis Reports of Note:

Leaflink: Summer 2025 State of the US Cannabis Industry Report

Houses In Legal Marijuana States Are Worth More And Grow In Value Faster Than Those Where Criminalization Remains, Study Shows

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Punchbowl (7/18/25): Senators push to overhaul small business database

First in The Vault: Republican senators are unveiling a new push to restructure a small business lending database introduced by the Dodd-Frank Act.

The Senate bill, led by Sens. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.), is called the PROTECTED Act. It would change the requirements of a database maintained by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The financial services sector has objected to this rule for years. The CFPB finalized it during the Biden administration, but current Republican leadership has said they’re going back to the drawing board.