2012 H 747 An Act Relating To Cigarette Manufacturers Amendment added in Senate to allow Department of Agriculture to promulgate
industrial hemp farming rules, but not issue licenses.
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Twenty - nine states have started hemp programs, with New York's
first industrial hemp farm opening in Eaton, Madison County, after a decades - long moratorium.
The bills that did appear Tuesday evening included provisions that would allow testing of self - driving cars under strict regulation, grant the state Department of Motor Vehicles the authority to enter into agreements with other states and Canadian provinces to suspend the registrations of repeat toll evaders, abolish a cap on the number of
industrial hemp farms statewide and create a Drinking Water Quality Council that would make recommendations to the state Department of Health.
Palmyra Green sources its hemp products from a USDA -
compliant industrial hemp farm which is also known as one of the country's largest distributor of medical hemp.
«The DEA has taken the Controlled Substances Act's antiquated definition of marijuana out of context and used it as an excuse to
ban industrial hemp farming.
«We are happy this lawsuit is moving forward with an appeal,» says Eric Steenstra, President of Vote Hemp, a non-profit organization working to
bring industrial hemp farming back to the U.S. «We feel that the lower court's decision not only overlooks Congress's original legislative intent, but also fails to stand up for fundamental states» rights against overreaching federal regulation.
H.R. 525 is the fifth time a bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in support of
industrial hemp farming since the federal government outlawed it in this country forty - three years ago.
AN ACT relating to food and drugs;
authorizing industrial hemp farming as specified; providing for hemp farming for research purposes; providing licensure requirements; providing rulemaking authority; providing an affirmative defense for marihuana prosecutions as specified; and providing for an effective date.
Vote Hemp's grassroots supporters are funding this legal action to overcome the irrational hysteria and bureaucratic inertia of the DEA, and to
restore industrial hemp farming to American farmers.
SACRAMENTO, CA — Last night, California's Senate and Assembly each voted to approve AB 684, the California
Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007.
In February, Commissioner Johnson, along with agriculture commissioners from three other states, met with Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officials in Washington, DC to explore acceptable rules
on industrial hemp farming.
SB 676 would create an 8 - year pilot program to
allow industrial hemp farming in five California counties, Kern, Kings, Imperial, San Joaquin and Yolo.
Any future hearing this year on the bill that would have
reintroduced industrial hemp farming to California agriculture will be at the discretion of the Chair of the Agriculture Committee.
Sacramento, CA — California business leaders, farmers and legislators will offer their support for a new
industrial hemp farming bill (AB 1147) at a press conference on Feb. 23 at 9:00 am in the California State Capitol, room 1190.
The release of «Harvesting Liberty» was timed to build momentum for a petition that will be delivered on Congress on July 4, urging lawmakers to pass
the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015/2016 (S. 134 and H.R. 525), legalizing the cultivation of industrial hemp in the U.S.
We are working hard to promote Kentucky hemp and educate others on
industrial hemp farming.
To bypass the DEA's regulation, in 2015
the Industrial Hemp Farm Act was introduced to permit states to produce and cultivate industrial hemp and remove industrial hemp from the Controlled Substance Act as long as it contained less than 0.3 % THC.
In 2016, seven states replaced archaic laws with new legislature, breaking down barriers that previously stood in the way of
industrial hemp farming.
An expansion of
industrial hemp farming was one of Governor Cuomo's proposals at his regional State of the State address in Syracuse.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - NY) is pushing
the Industrial Hemp Farming Act that would change federal laws and ultimately clear the way for things like crop insurance protection.