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2023 SESSION
HB 1973 Industrial hemp; selling or offering for sale a topical hemp product, etc.
Introduced by: James A. "Jay" Leftwich | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Tetrahydrocannabinol; industrial hemp; regulated hemp products. Establishes provisions for the registration of a retail facility for regulated hemp products, as defined in the bill, establishes product packaging, labeling, and testing requirements for such products, and creates a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for certain violations relating to such products. The bill requires any person who manufactures an industrial hemp extract, as defined in the bill, or food containing an industrial hemp extract to obtain a permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services and creates a Class 1 misdemeanor and a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for certain violations. The bill clarifies that any substances containing a concentration of total tetrahydrocannabinol, as defined in the bill, of more than 0.3 percent, including a hemp product or industrial hemp extract, are included in the definition of marijuana and also clarifies that the definition of marijuana does not include any substance containing tetrahydrocannabinol that has been placed by the Board of Pharmacy into one of the schedules set forth in the Drug Control Act. The bill increases the civil penalty for certain actions relating to sales of cigarettes and hemp products from $50 to $500. The bill also removes tetrahydrocannabinol from the Schedule I list of controlled substances and permits the Board of Pharmacy to schedule, deschedule, or reschedule a tetrahydrocannabinol isomer, except delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or salts of such isomer in accordance with the provisions of the bill.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102816D pdf | impact statements
- 02/03/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23106331D-H1 pdf | impact statements
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/10/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102816D
- 01/10/23 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/28/23 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/30/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N)
- 01/30/23 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/01/23 House: Failed to report and refer to Appropriations (defeated) in Courts of Justice (9-Y 11-N)
- 02/03/23 House: Reconsidered by Courts of Justice
- 02/03/23 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/03/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
- 02/03/23 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 9-N)
- 02/03/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23106331D-H1
- 02/05/23 House: Read first time
- 02/06/23 House: Read second time
- 02/06/23 House: Committee substitute agreed to 23106331D-H1
- 02/06/23 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1973H1
- 02/07/23 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/25/23 House: No further action taken
- 02/25/23 House: Failed to pass in House