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Senate Judiciary amends hemp bill to ban THCA, THCP; advances measure to finance after heated testimony
Summary
After extended testimony from hemp labs and retailers, the Senate Judiciary Committee amended and voted to send a bill to finance that would remove THCA and THCP from authorized hemp-derived cannabinoids and create a class A misdemeanor for knowingly manufacturing or selling products containing them.
Senate Judiciary members voted to send an amended bill to the Finance Committee after debating a proposal that would remove certain hemp-derived cannabinoids from Tennessee's authorized list and criminalize sales of products containing them.
Sponsor Senator Mike Hale introduced Senate Bill 12-36 as amended, saying the measure focuses on public safety and aligns Tennessee law with federal drug definitions. Patrick Powell, policy director at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, told the committee the bill’s definitions largely mirror federal regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations and said the Bureau had…
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