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Hours of testimony as committee hears sweeping hemp‑regulation bill; no vote taken
Summary
Senate Bill 250, which would codify a new federal hemp definition and tighten controls on intoxicating hemp‑derived products, drew hours of divided testimony. Law‑enforcement and prosecutors largely favored codifying the federal definition; small businesses, farmers and retailers warned the bill would eliminate most current products and harm jobs. The committee did not vote and will revisit the measure next week.
The committee held an extended hearing on Senate Bill 250, a comprehensive bill to align state law with a new federal definition of hemp and to impose licensing, packaging and potency limits on hemp‑derived products. Members heard dozens of witnesses representing law enforcement, prosecutors, farmers, processors, retailers and industry trade groups.
Sponsor Senator Freeman described the bill as a public‑health and regulatory response to a marketplace that has outpaced existing law. "It closes the farm bill loophole, brings us into compliance with the federal definition on hemp," he…
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