US Senate Throws Minnesota’s Hemp-Based THC Industry a Lifeline
The stopgap measure would give hemp growers and manufacturers more time to adjust, while synthetic cannabinoids would still lose hemp status sooner.
- On Monday, the U.S. Senate passed a procedural vote on a funding bill delaying a federal ban on intoxicating hemp products until December 11, 2026, providing manufacturers a temporary reprieve.
- Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Angie Craig championed the delay to prevent rules eliminating the industry starting November 11, drawing from their bipartisan Hemp Planting Predictability Act.
- "This delay was immediately necessary to give Minnesota hemp producers and customers certainty," Klobuchar said, while Jason Dayton of Minneapolis Cider Company called it "the best situation that the hemp industry has been in."
- While the industry hailed the reprieve, lobbyist Cory Harris of the American Trade Association for Cannabis and Hemp warned that ongoing fights over product legality persist, with advocates planning further lobbying.
- President Donald Trump voiced concerns about impacts on a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services pilot program involving CBD, as lawmakers continue working toward permanent solutions before the December deadline.
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Makers of hemp THC products were thrown a lifeline when senators in a stopgap spending bill included a delay of a federal ban on their products. The Senate’s government funding bill set to be considered this week would delay the upcoming prohibition on most hemp-derived THC products until Dec. 11. Hemp industry groups and…
Missouri, Illinois attorneys general oppose changes to federal hemp THC ban - KBSI FOX23 News Cape Girardeau News
WASHINGTON (KBSI) — The attorneys general of Missouri and Illinois joined legal officials from 33 other jurisdictions in urging Congress to reject efforts to delay or weaken a federal ban on intoxicating hemp-derived THC products. Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul signed an Aug. 4 letter sent to congressional leaders. The letter calls on lawmakers to preserve the November 2025 redefinition of h…
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