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Chairman Myers called the Committee on Crime and Public Safety to order, clerk called roll (14 present) and the chair set rules for witness time limits and a visible clock for presentations. He announced the first bill to be heard: House Bill 2,641, sponsored by Representative Dave Hinman.
The Missouri House Committee on Crime and Public Safety held a public hearing on House Bill 2,641, an effort to align state law with recent federal changes on hemp-derived intoxicating cannabinoid products and to create enforcement mechanisms. Testimony spanned law enforcement safety concerns, industry regulation proposals, and small-business worries about market disruption; the committee then opened a second hearing on House Bill 16-25 concerning tougher fentanyl trafficking penalties.
