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HB 699 Industrial hemp; lawful for a person with a license to manufacture products or engage in research.
Introduced by: Brenda L. Pogge | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Production of industrial hemp. Clarifies that it is lawful for a person with a license to manufacture industrial hemp products or engage in scientific, agricultural, or other research involving the applications of industrial hemp and that no person shall be prosecuted for the possession, cultivation, or manufacture of industrial hemp plant material or products. The current law authorizes the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulations necessary to license persons to grow industrial hemp or administer a research program. The bill requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish a licensure program, with a maximum license fee of $250. This bill is identical to SB 691.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102156D pdf
- 01/20/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104237D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB699ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0170) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102156D
- 01/11/16 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/14/16 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 01/18/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/16 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104237D-H1
- 01/21/16 House: Read first time
- 01/25/16 House: Read second time
- 01/25/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16104237D-H1
- 01/25/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB699H1
- 01/26/16 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/27/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/18/16 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/16 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/16 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/16 House: Enrolled
- 02/24/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB699ER)
- 02/24/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/25/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 02/25/16
- 02/25/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 3, 2016
- 03/01/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 170 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0170)