SB225 Alabama 2019 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021

Senate Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2019

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Tim Melson Senator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2019
Title: Hemp, require state to seek federal approval of state program regulating hemp production, deschedule THC derived from hemp as a controlled substance, Secs. 2-8-381, 2-8-383, 20-2-2, 20-2-23 am'd.
Description: Under the Alabama Industrial Hemp Research Program passed in 2016, the Department of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to implement a program providing for research in the production, development, and commercialization of industrial hemp.
Under the federal Hemp Farming Act of 2018, a state desiring to regulate the production of hemp must have its state department of agriculture, in consultation with the Governor and Attorney General, submit to the federal Secretary of Agriculture a plan under which the state will monitor and regulate the production of hemp.
This bill would require the Department of Agriculture and Industries, in consultation with the Governor and Attorney General, to develop a plan for monitoring and regulating the production of hemp, and submit the plan to the federal Secretary of Agriculture.
Under existing state law, tetrahydrocannabinols (THCs) are listed as a Schedule I controlled substance, but under the federal Hemp Farming Act of 2018, THCs derived from hemp are excluded from the Schedule I classification.
This bill would exclude from Schedule I controlled substances classified as tetrahydrocannabinols derived from hemp.
This bill would also revise definitions.
Subjects: Hemp