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2023 SESSION

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HB 1881 Industrial hemp; registration and renewal fees, no fee shall exceed $250.

Introduced by: Nicholas J. Freitas | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Industrial hemp; monopolies; registration and renewal fees. Imposes limits on the powers of the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services by prohibiting the Commissioner from granting, suspending, or revoking any registration for growing, dealing in, or processing of industrial hemp or hemp products in a manner that allows for the creation of a monopoly or otherwise lessens competition in the industrial hemp or hemp product industries in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that all citizens of the Commonwealth shall have equal access to apply to the Commissioner for any such registration and prohibits the Commissioner from setting the fee for such any registration or renewal thereof in excess of $250.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102621D  pdf
• 02/02/23  House: Committee substitute printed 23104920D-H1  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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HISTORY

• 01/10/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102621D
• 01/10/23  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/23/23  House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #5
• 01/31/23  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
• 02/02/23  House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
• 02/02/23  House: Committee substitute printed 23104920D-H1
• 02/05/23  House: Read first time
• 02/06/23  House: Read second time
• 02/06/23  House: Committee substitute agreed to 23104920D-H1
• 02/06/23  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1881H1
• 02/07/23  House: Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N)
• 02/07/23  House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N)
• 02/08/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/08/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
• 02/17/23  Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (8-Y 4-N 3-A)
• 02/20/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/23  Senate: Read third time
• 02/21/23  Senate: Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
• 02/21/23  Senate: Recommitted to Rehabilitation and Social Services
• 02/22/23  Senate: Left in Rehabilitation and Social Services