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Timestamp: 2020-01-24 00:36:38
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Legislation Details - Commonwealth Hemp - For Virginia Industrial Hemp
The first question everyone is asking us now that legislation has passed the Virginia General Assembly, What next?
That’s the right question. First, we need to wait for the Governor to sign the bill into law. Once that happens, the Virginia Department of Agriculture will set up the Industrial Hemp commission/board and determine the licensing process and related details.
Once all the details surrounding licensing are finalized, we will need to begin working with universities as part of the research effort.
In short, we have a LONG way to go still. We encourage everyone interested in growing industrial hemp to sign up with the Co-Op at www.VAIHC.com and we will keep you up to date with the progress. This is a free service and does not require a membership. Also, you should read the legislation, copied below…
HOUSE BILL NO. 1277AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE(Proposed by the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources)(Patron Prior to Substitute–Delegate Yost)House Amendments in [ ] — February 2, 2015A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 3.2-801 and 54.1-3401 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 3.2 a chapter numbered 41.1, consisting of sections numbered 3.2-4112 through 3.2-4120, relating to industrial hemp production and manufacturing.
A. It is lawful for a person licensed pursuant to § 3.2-4115 to cultivate, produce, or otherwise grow industrial hemp in the Commonwealth for the purpose of research as part of the industrial hemp research program. No person licensed pursuant to § 3.2-4115 shall be prosecuted under § 18.2-247, 18.2-248, 18.2-248.01, 18.2-248.1, 18.2-250, or 18.2-250.1 for (i) the possession or cultivation of industrial hemp plant material or seeds as part of the industrial hemp research program or (ii) the manufacture of industrial hemp products as part of the industrial hemp research program. [ In any complaint, information, or indictment, and in any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of any provision of Article 1 (§ 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 or the Drug Control Act, Chapter 34 (§ 54.1-3400 et seq.) of Title 54.1, it shall not be necessary to negate any exception, excuse, proviso, or exemption contained in this chapter or the Drug Control Act, and the burden of proof of any such exception, excuse, proviso, or exemption shall be on the defendant. ]
[ C. No person shall be prosecuted under § 18.2-247, 18.2-248, 18.2-248.01, 18.2-248.1, 18.2-250, or 18.2-250.1 for the involuntary growth of industrial hemp through the inadvertent natural spread of seeds or pollen as a result of proximity to a licensed grower. ]
The terms “pharmacist,” “pharmacy,” and “practice of pharmacy” as used in this chapter shall be defined as provided in Chapter 33 (§54.1-3300 et seq.) unless the context requires a different meaning.”