HB 1615 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
08/04
HOUSE BILL 1615
AN ACT relative to industrial hemp.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cohn, Merr 6; Rep. Manuse, Rock 5; Rep. Maltz, Hills 27; Rep. S. Tremblay, Rock 3
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill prohibits the designation of industrial hemp as a controlled substance.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2449
08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to industrial hemp.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Industrial Hemp. Amend RSA 318-B:1-a by inserting after paragraph VIII the following new paragraph:
IX. Industrial hemp shall not be designated as a controlled substance.
2 Contingency. Section 1 of this act shall take effect upon certification by the Drug Enforcement Agency to the secretary of state and the office of legislative services that at least 2 of the 6 New England states have adopted similar legislation prohibiting industrial hemp from being designated as a controlled substance.
3 Effective Date.
I. Section 1 of this act shall take effect as provided in section 2 of this act.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.