VA HB1485 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-07 - Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 10-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Industrial hemp; maximum THC concentration. Increases from 0.6 percent to one percent, in the definition of industrial hemp, the maximum allowable concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in the plant Cannabis sativa. The bill allows the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to destroy Cannabis sativa found to have a THC concentration greater than one percent only if such Cannabis sativa is intended for human consumption; reduces the application and registration requirements for any person seeking to grow, deal in, or process industrial hemp; and prohibits the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Commissioner from adopting any regulation that prohibits the use of industrial hemp or hemp products in the production of any commercial feed product regulated by the Board.

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Title

Industrial hemp; increases maximum THC concentration.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-02-07 - House - House: Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-07HouseTabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 10-N)
2024-01-30HouseReferred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2024-01-30HouseReferred from General Laws by voice vote
2024-01-19HouseReferred to Committee on General Laws
2024-01-19HousePresented and ordered printed 24103358D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
324112(n/a)See Bill Text
324114.2(n/a)See Bill Text
324115(n/a)See Bill Text
324801(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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