Lawmakers chose not to act on legislation to expand Illinois hemp law to promote hemp-related commerce this legislative session.
Senate Bill 2406 would have redefined cannabis under the criminal code so that it excludes strains possessing less than one percent THC. The act also sought to establish regulations for the Department of Agriculture to license persons “desiring to grow, process, cultivate, harvest, process, possess, sell, or purchase industrial hemp or industrial hemp related products.”
Legislation previously enacted in 2014 establishes a hemp pilot program, allowing institutions of higher education and the Department of Agriculture to grow or cultivate industrial hemp for agricultural and academic research.
NORML would like to thank those of you who contacted your lawmakers in support of this common sense legislation.
For more information on this or other pending state legislation, please contact Illinois NORML or follow them on Facebook.
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