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SB669: relative to authorization to grow industrial hemp.

Citation
2020 SB669
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House status
Died On The Table
Senate status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Committee
House Environment and Agriculture
Hearing
02/04/2020 at 09:00 AM
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Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Environment and Agriculture

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SB 669 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

03/05/2020 0722s

2020 SESSION

20-2945

08/04

SENATE BILL 669

AN ACT relative to authorization to grow industrial hemp.

SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Rep. Pearl, Merr. 26; Rep. A. Lekas, Hills. 37

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill authorizes higher educational institutions to contract with a third party to grow or cultivate industrial hemp.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/05/2020 0722s 20-2945

08/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

AN ACT relative to authorization to grow industrial hemp.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Industrial Hemp Research; Authorization. Amend RSA 433-C:2 to read as follows:

433-C:2 Authorization. An institution of higher education, as defined in 20 U.S.C. section 1001, may grow or cultivate or may contract with a private party to grow or cultivate, industrial hemp, on site or off site, for purposes of research under an agricultural pilot program or other agricultural or academic research. In addition to studying the plant's growth and cultivation, the research shall also study the economics of industrial hemp, including markets and processing. Industrial hemp grown or cultivated in accordance with this chapter shall not be considered a controlled drug or controlled substance under RSA 318-B.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.