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Committee pauses bill to let local governments opt into hemp 'board' structure; sponsors say measure is permissive
Summary
House Bill 962, which would allow local governments to set up local hemp oversight boards modeled on beer boards, was discussed at length and rolled one week for further drafting; sponsors emphasized the bill is permissive and would require state approval and an agreement before local enforcement authority applies.
House Bill 962, presented to the House Commerce Committee by Chairman Hall, would permit — but not require — local governments to establish local boards to participate in enforcement of state hemp regulations, using a mechanism the sponsor compared to local beer boards.
Sponsor remarks said the bill is permissive and would leave regulatory primacy with the state entity that oversees hemp ("whether that be the…
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