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2019 Senate Bill 5276: Authorizing hemp production in conformance with the agriculture improvement act of 2018
Introduced by Sen. Doug Ericksen (Ferndale) (R) on January 16, 2019
Referred to the Senate Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks Committee on January 16, 2019
Substitute offered in the Senate on February 7, 2019
Requires the Department of Agriculture (WSDA) to develop an agricultural commodity program to regulate hemp production.
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on February 8, 2019
Substitute offered in the Senate on February 25, 2019
Requires the Department of Agriculture (WSDA) to develop an agricultural commodity program to regulate hemp production.
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 27, 2019
Amendment offered by Sen. Judy Warnick (Grant) (R) on March 12, 2019
Provides that a person licensed to grow hemp under the industrial hemp research pilot program may immediately produce hemp in a manner consistent with the hemp program. Requires the department of agriculture (WSDA) to regulate the processing of hemp food products, that are allowable under federal law, the same as other processed food..
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on March 12, 2019
Received in the House on March 14, 2019
Referred to the House Commerce & Gaming Committee on March 14, 2019
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on March 29, 2019
Amendment offered by Rep. Derek Stanford (Bothell) (D) on April 23, 2019
Removes certain provisions regarding authorized hemp food products within the new commercial hemp program while retaining the requirement that the Washington State Department of Agriculture must regulate the processing of hemp for food products, that are allowable under federal law, in the same manner as other food processing.
Removes the prohibition in the existing Industrial Hemp Research Program on processing industrial hemp as food or other preparations for topical use, oral consumption, or inhalation by humans, instead of creating an exception to this prohibition. (The entirety of the existing Industrial Hemp Research Program is still repealed effective January 1, 2020, pursuant to section 15 of the act).
Removes the null and void clause.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on April 23, 2019
Received in the Senate on April 24, 2019
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on April 26, 2019