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===Legislation and other government recognition=== In 2003, [[California Senate Bill 420]] was introduced to regulate medical marijuana use. An unsuccessful 2010 bill to legalize [[cannabis in Guam]] was called Bill 420.<ref>{{cite web |author=Only one shows up for pot bill |url=http://mvguam.com/local/news/13221-only-one-shows-up-for-pot-bill.html |title=Only one shows up for pot bill |publisher=Mvguam.com |date=July 15, 2010 |access-date=July 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715182329/http://mvguam.com/local/news/13221-only-one-shows-up-for-pot-bill.html |archive-date=July 15, 2015 }}</ref> A North Dakota bill to legalize cannabis was HB 1420, introduced in January 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Actions for HB 1420|publisher=North Dakota legislative branch|website=nd.gov official portal for North Dakota government|url=https://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/67-2021/bill-actions/ba1420.html|access-date=April 20, 2021<!-- GMT -->|archive-date=March 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326000755/https://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/67-2021/bill-actions/ba1420.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act (which if enacted would [[Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States|decriminalize]] and deschedule cannabis in the United States) was announced by Senator and [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Senate Minority Leader]] [[Chuck Schumer]] (D-New York) on April 20, 2018.<ref name="Guild 2018">{{cite news | last=Guild | first=Blair | title=On 4/20, Sen. Schumer introduces bill to decriminalize marijuana | website=CBS News | date=April 20, 2018 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/on-420-sen-schumer-introduces-bill-to-decriminalize-marijuana/ | access-date=April 19, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Gstalter 2018">{{cite web | last=Gstalter | first=Morgan | title=Schumer unveils bill to decriminalize marijuana | website=The Hill | date=June 28, 2018 | url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/394562-schumer-unveils-bill-to-decriminalize-marijuana | access-date=April 19, 2019}}</ref> On January 9, 2019, H.R. 420 was introduced into the [[116th United States Congress|116th Congress]] by Representative [[Earl Blumenauer]] (D-Oregon), named the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, which is designed to remove [[cannabis]] from the [[Controlled Substances Act]] and return regulation to the states.<ref>{{cite news|author=Tom Angell|title= New Congressional Marijuana Bill Is Actually Numbered H.R. 420|work=Marijuana Moment |via=Forbes|date= January 9, 2019|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2019/01/09/new-congressional-marijuana-bill-is-actually-numbered-h-r-420}}</ref> The State of Colorado auctioned off several cannabis-themed personalized license plates in 2021, with the bidding to be closed on April 20 (4/20). The highest bid shortly before the auction closed was over $6,500 for "ISIT420".<ref>{{citation|title=Colorado to auction off cannabis-themed license plates|publisher=Associated Press|date=April 13, 2021|url=https://apnews.com/article/colorado-auction-marijuana-theme-license-plates-e2e2661f06b68efb877ef0820c807d54}}</ref> Following the success of Washington, D.C.'s [[2014 Washington, D.C. Initiative 71|Initiative 71]] to legalize cannabis in 2014, Mayor [[Muriel Bowser]] granted [[Vehicle registration plates of Washington, D.C.|license plate]] number 420 to the campaign's leader, [[Adam Eidinger]].<ref>{{cite news|title=D.C. mayor offers pot activist Tag 420 for his efforts|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/03/13/d-c-mayor-offers-special-420-license-plate-to-pot-activist/|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref>
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