Industrial hemp; federal regulations, adoption in Virginia.
Summary
Industrial hemp; federal regulations; adoption in Virginia. Directs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to conform the regulations of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to any federal regulation adopted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, immediately upon publication in the Federal Register, that materially expands opportunities for growing, producing, or dealing in industrial hemp in the Commonwealth. The bill exempts such regulatory amendments by the Board from the Administrative Process Act. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2020
Last action Jan 28, 2020
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Hemp
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/08/20 20103433D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
FR
Frank Ruff
RRepublican
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