A provision to delay the forthcoming federal ban on intoxicating hemp products has been included in the Senate budget bill to fund the government. The Hemp Planting Predictability Act, introduced by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and negotiated with the support of Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT), would push back the ban from November 12 to December 11.
The proposal also includes a ban on synthetic hemp derivatives which the supporters say will “best protect public health and safety.”
Brewers, Farmers, Small Businesses, and Customers in Minnesota made it clear that the Federal Ban on Hemp Products will be disastrous. Senate funding bill includes key provisions based upon my bipartisan hemp ban delay bill, which I opposed in November. This provision will allow other states to implement more sensible safety standards like Minnesota. This delay was immediately necessary to give Minnesota hemp producers and customers certainty, while giving Congress more time to get to a long-term fix.” — Klobuchar in a press release
The day after the senators’ announcement, a group of attorneys general from 35 states sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to reject “any effort to delay, repeal, suspend, or weaken the November 2025 redefinition of ‘hemp’ and by ensuring that the redefinition takes effect as enacted and remains in place thereafter.”
The letter says that “if the loophole or new definition are weakened or repealed,” States may face new litigation, inconsistent enforcement and regulatory uncertainty. Youth will have increased access to intoxicating substances, while lawful businesses who already adjusted to the federal framework could be disrupted. The letter states that “change at this time would permit the return to unregulated intoxicating products of cannabis, which Congress correctly chose to address.”
The AGs contend that if the redefinition of hemp is not maintained as planned recent state efforts at regulation “will be thrown into chaos.”
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