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Bill S.3.23 would move hemp product oversight to cannabis regulator and change grower fees
Summary
A Senate agriculture committee heard an overview of S.3.23, which would consolidate hemp and cannabis oversight under the Cannabis Control Board, tighten THC‑variant limits to 0.3, and overhaul grower/processor fee schedules; members pressed for more testing and jurisdiction details.
A state Senate agriculture committee was briefed on S.3.23, a Senate agriculture bill that would shift oversight of hemp producers, processors and hemp‑derived products to the Cannabis Control Board and change registration fees for growers and products.
The bill’s presenter told the committee that federal law opened the door to widespread hemp products in 2018 and that a federal change in 2025 tightened the definition of lawful hemp by tying the 0.3 threshold to any THC variant rather than only to delta‑9. "What the Cannabis Control Board, in consultation with the Agency of Agriculture ... would like to do is to kind of unify oversight of cannabis and hemp into one regulatory agency so that they can better control, test, score, and ensure that hemp and hemp derived products don't have more than 0.3 milligrams of THC," the presenter said.
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