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Human Services Committee sends THC‑infused beverage study resolution to the floor without recommendation
Summary
After testimony from craft‑brewers and public‑health questions from lawmakers, the Human Services Committee voted 7‑5‑1 to send House Concurrent Resolution 3,031 — a request to study regulatory and economic issues around THC‑infused beverages — to the full legislature without recommendation.
A Human Services Committee hearing on House Concurrent Resolution 3,031 produced a 7‑5‑1 vote to send the resolution to the House floor without recommendation after testimony from the craft‑brewing industry and questions from committee members.
HCR 3,031, introduced by Rep. Liz Conmey (D‑District 11), asks Legislative Management to consider a study of the regulatory framework and potential economic impact of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)‑infused beverages. Conmey told the committee the resolution would prepare the state "to compete as this market expands." She said industry representatives and the Department of Agriculture would be invited to participate in the study.
Scott Meske, executive director of the North Dakota Brewers Guild, and Mike Fralick, founder and brewmaster of Laughing Sun Brewing Company, told the committee that craft brewers are losing market share to producers in neighboring states and provinces that already sell hemp‑derived THC…
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