{"id":6516,"date":"2022-11-22T17:39:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T17:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosen-testing.senate.gov\/?p=6516"},"modified":"2023-01-31T17:36:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T17:36:46","slug":"icymi-rosen-introduces-legislation-to-open-sba-loans-and-resources-for-cannabis-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2022\/11\/22\/icymi-rosen-introduces-legislation-to-open-sba-loans-and-resources-for-cannabis-small-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Rosen Introduces Legislation to Open SBA Loans and Resources for Cannabis Small Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON DC<\/strong> \u2013 Last week, Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, introduced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2022\/11\/18\/rosen-introduces-legislation-to-ensure-cannabis-small-businesses-can-access-sba-loans-and-programs-available-to-other-small-businesses-2\/\"><em>Fair Access for Cannabis Small Business Act<\/em><\/a> to ensure that legally operating cannabis small businesses have access to loans and programs provided by the Small Business Administration (SBA). Currently, the SBA excludes all small businesses with direct or indirect products or services that aid the use, growth, or enhancement of cannabis from accessing SBA loans and programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marijuana Moment: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/senator-files-bill-to-provide-marijuana-businesses-with-federal-small-business-loans-and-assistance-that-other-industries-get\/\"><strong>Senator Files Bill To Provide Marijuana Businesses With Federal Small Business Loans And Assistance That Other Industries Get<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced the legislation on Thursday\u2026would prevent SBA from denying a series of loans and other services\u2014including disaster relief, micro-loans, and technical assistance\u2014to businesses solely because they are involved in state-legal cannabis markets.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rosen, who serves on the Senate Small Business Committee, has been a longstanding advocate pushing for reform at the SBA to treat the cannabis industry no differently than other traditional markets.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Over the summer, Rosen asked colleagues on the powerful Appropriations Committee to include provisions in a spending bill to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/senator-urges-colleagues-to-give-marijuana-businesses-access-to-federal-sba-loans-and-services\/\">give small marijuana businesses fair access<\/a> to SBA loan programs and entrepreneurial development resources, for example.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cannabis Business Times: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com\/article\/us-senator-jacky-rosen-introduces-legislation-to-provide-cannabis-businesses-access-small-business-administration\/\"><strong>US Sen. Jacky Rosen Introduces Legislation to Provide Cannabis Businesses Access to Small Business Administration Loans, Programs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The federally illegal cannabis industry has long been denied services provided by the Small Business Administration (SBA), but that could change under legislation that U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., introduced this week.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cThe unfair barriers to basic federal support and resources have hurt our state\u2019s legally-operating cannabis small businesses,\u201d Rosen said in a public statement. \u201cThis legislation will level the playing field so that cannabis small businesses\u2014including those owned by people of color, women, and veterans\u2014have access to the same federal resources and loans that other legal businesses are entitled to.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marijuana Business Daily: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mjbizdaily.com\/us-senator-wants-marijuana-businesses-to-access-sba-loans\/\"><strong>US senator wants marijuana businesses to access SBA loans<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If approved by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden, the Fair Access for Cannabis Small Business Act introduced by Sen. 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