HB1881
Industrial hemp; registration and renewal fees, no fee shall exceed $250.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Industrial hemp; monopolies; registration and renewal fees.
Imposes limits on the powers of the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services by prohibiting the Commissioner from granting, suspending, or revoking any registration for growing, dealing in, or processing of industrial hemp or hemp products in a manner that allows for the creation of a monopoly ... (More) or otherwise lessens competition in the industrial hemp or hemp product industries in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that all citizens of the Commonwealth shall have equal access to apply to the Commissioner for any such registration and prohibits the Commissioner from setting the fee for such any registration or renewal thereof in excess of $250. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/10/2023 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102621D
- 01/10/2023 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/23/2023 - House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #5
- 01/31/2023 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/31/2023 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
- 02/02/2023 - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
- 02/02/2023 - House: Committee substitute printed 23104920D-H1
- 02/05/2023 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2023 - House: Read second time
- 02/06/2023 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 23104920D-H1
- 02/06/2023 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1881H1
- 02/07/2023 - House: Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N)
- 02/07/2023 - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/08/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/2023 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/09/2023 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1881H1)
- 02/17/2023 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (8-Y 4-N 3-A)
- 02/20/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/2023 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/2023 - Senate: Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
- 02/21/2023 - Senate: Recommitted to Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/22/2023 - Senate: Left in Rehabilitation and Social Services
