Bill Text - HB494 (2015)

Relative to industrial hemp as a controlled substance.


Revision: March 27, 2015, midnight

HB 494 - AS INTRODUCED

2015 SESSION

15-0542

08/04

HOUSE BILL 494

AN ACT relative to industrial hemp as a controlled substance.

SPONSORS: Rep. Edwards, Hills 11; Rep. Sylvia, Belk 6; Rep. Jones, Straf 24; Rep. Cushing, Rock 21

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-0542

08/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to industrial hemp as a controlled substance.

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 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.