HB1430
Industrial hemp extract; approval as food or ingredient, regulations.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Industrial hemp extract; approval as food or ingredient; regulations; fund; emergency.
Provides that an industrial hemp extract, as defined in the bill, is a food and is subject to applicable laws and regulations. The bill establishes (i) requirements for the production of an industrial hemp extract or a food containing an extract and (ii) conditions under which a manufacturer of such ... (More) extract or food shall be considered an approved source. The bill authorizes the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulations establishing contaminant tolerances, labeling requirements, and batch testing requirements, and it provides that moneys collected under the chapter shall be deposited in the Virginia Industrial Hemp Fund, created by the bill. The bill directs that by November 1, 2020, (a) the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry report a plan for the long-term sustainability of funding for the industrial hemp program and (b) the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the Department) report regarding recommended legislative or regulatory amendments necessary to (1) allow a registered industrial hemp grower to grow industrial hemp with a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of no greater than one percent and (2) authorize the Department to modify its industrial hemp program to respond to any final hemp regulation adopted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The bill provides that the Department shall not be prohibited from adopting a tiered approach to testing of THC concentrations at the processor level if such approach is not prohibited by federal law. The bill contains an emergency clause. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2020 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102804D
- 01/08/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/14/2020 - House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 01/21/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1430)
- 01/22/2020 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/22/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2020 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (19-Y 3-N)
- 01/29/2020 - House: Committee substitute printed 20106371D-H1
- 01/31/2020 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2020 - House: Read second time
- 02/03/2020 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106371D-H1
- 02/03/2020 - House: Emergency clause added
- 02/03/2020 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1430H1
- 02/04/2020 - House: Read third time and passed House (95-Y 4-N)
- 02/04/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage Emergency (95-Y 4-N)
- 02/05/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/06/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1430H1)
- 02/25/2020 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/2020 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/02/2020 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Committee amendment rejected
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/2020 - House: Enrolled
- 03/12/2020 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1430ER)
- 03/12/2020 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/12/2020 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1430ER)
- 03/17/2020 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- 03/17/2020 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/06/2020 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 659 (effective 4/6/20)
- 04/06/2020 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0659)
