This bill would authorize the Department of Agriculture and Industries to administer an industrial hemp research program. This bill would allow the department or an institution of higher learning could apply for a permit or waiver to grow industrial hemp for the manufacture of hemp products.
This bill would revise the definition of marijuana in the controlled substances law to exclude industrial hemp.
Pending third reading on day 25 Favorable from Agriculture and Forestry
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 574
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
Source: Alabama Legislature