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116th Congress
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HEMP Act of 2020
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 15, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Dec 15, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Hemp Economic Mobilization Plan Act of 2020 or the HEMP Act of 2020
This bill modifies the definition of hemp to raise the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana) limit from 0.3% to 1%, and requires hemp shipments to contain a copy of a seed certification showing such hemp was grown from not more than 1% THC seed.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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