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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
SB 1115 Industrial hemp; increases maximum THC concentration.
Introduced by: Mark J. Peake | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Industrial hemp; federal hemp producer license; emergency. Updates Virginia's industrial hemp laws to address the new hemp producer license issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The bill changes drug laws to exclude the industrial hemp possessed by a federally licensed hemp producer from the definition of "marijuana" and to exclude certain amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in such industrial hemp from the prohibition on THC. The bill exempts federally licensed hemp producers from state industrial hemp registration requirements and adds such producers to the list of those eligible to receive funds from the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund.
The bill makes other changes to industrial hemp laws, including (i) excluding from the definition of "dealer" any retail establishment that sells a completed product containing industrial hemp; (ii) making optional the monitoring and random testing of industrial hemp by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services and authorizing the random sampling of such hemp; (iii) removing the requirement that the Attorney General of the United States be notified when a Virginia grower, dealer, or processor exceeds the federal THC limit; and (iv) directing the Commissioner to adopt regulations establishing a fee structure for registration.
Finally, the bill exempts employees of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from prosecution for possession or distribution of industrial hemp when possession is necessary in the performance of their duties. The bill contains an emergency clause.
FULL TEXT
- 12/21/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101447D pdf
- 01/26/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103790D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/10/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104490D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 12/21/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101447D
- 12/21/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/26/21 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
- 01/26/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103790D-S1
- 01/28/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/21 Senate: Read second time
- 01/29/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/29/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21103790D-S1
- 01/29/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1115S1
- 01/29/21 Senate: Emergency clause added
- 02/01/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/21 House: Read first time
- 02/05/21 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
- 02/10/21 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104490D-H1
- 02/12/21 House: Read second time
- 02/15/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/16/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/17/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/18/21 House: Read third time
- 02/18/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21104490D-H1
- 02/18/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1115H1
- 02/18/21 House: Defeated by House (74-Y 23-N 1-A)
- 02/18/21 House: VOTE: DEFEATED (74-Y 23-N 1-A)
- 02/18/21 House: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
- 02/18/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/19/21 House: Read third time
- 02/19/21 House: Amendment by Delegate Gilbert agreed to
- 02/19/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB1115H1
- 02/19/21 House: Passed House with substitute with amendment (75-Y 21-N 2-A)
- 02/19/21 House: VOTE: Adoption (75-Y 21-N 2-A)
- 02/23/21 Senate: House substitute with amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
- 02/24/21 House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/24/21 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/25/21 Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/25/21 Senate: Senators: Ruff, McClellan, Peake
- 02/25/21 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/25/21 House: Delegates: Simon, Sullivan, Marshall
- 03/01/21 Senate: No further action taken
- 03/01/21 Senate: Failed to pass