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Industrial hemp.

It became law on Oct 12, 2019.

CA SB 153 · Senate Bill · 2019–2020

Stage
Became law
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Senate
Sponsors
4
Latest action
Oct 12, 2019

What it does

Existing federal law, the Agricultural Act of 2014, authorizes an institution of higher education, as defined, or a state department of agriculture, as defined, to grow or cultivate industrial hemp under an agricultural pilot program, as defined, under certain conditions. Existing federal law, the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, requires a state desiring to have primary regulatory authority over the production of industrial hemp in the state to submit to the United States Secretary of Agriculture, through the state department of agriculture, a plan, with specified contents, under which the state monitors and regulates hemp…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Oct 12, 2019

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Who is involved

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Where it goes next

Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in California.

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