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Committee moves to classify THC as Schedule 1 to align with federal law
Summary
SB 12-57 would classify THC as a Schedule 1 drug, aligning state statutory language with federal classification and closing a trafficking loophole; the committee passed the bill 8-0 and referred fiscal/implementation questions as needed.
Vice Chair Hamilton presented Senate Bill 12-57, describing it as an attorney-general request to classify THC (the compound derived from marijuana) as a Schedule 1 controlled substance for statutory consistency with federal classification and to close a loophole that shielded trafficking of certain THC products.
Senators asked whether a future federal reclassification would require state action; the sponsor said the bill follows the current federal schedule and could be revisited if federal classification changes.
Committee members offered no recorded opposition and the committee voted 8-0 to report the bill favorably. The measure will move forward in the Senate shell as part of the session’s consideration of controlled-substance classifications.
