The legislation cleared its first hearing on Tuesday. HB1125 now moves to the House of Representatives, where it could be debated as early as Wednesday afternoon.
A key section of the bill, whose prime sponsor is Republican Rep. Brian Mulder, says that no person or entity may chemically modify or convert industrial hemp “or engage in any process that converts cannabidiol, into delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-10 tetrahydrocannabinol, or any other tetrahydrocannabinol isomer, analog or derivative.”
The legislation also says that no person or entity may sell or distribute “industrial hemp or an industrial hemp product that contains chemically derived cannabinoids or cannabinoids created by chemically modifying or converting a hemp extract.”
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