An Act To Allow Hemp Growers To Grow Hemp from Clones and To Grow Hemp Indoors
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0742
Committee Amendment CA_A_H594 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" ,4 ,, to H.P. 522, L.D. 742, Bill, "An Act To Allow 
Hemp Growers To Grow Hemp from Clones and To Grow Hemp Indoors" 
Amend the bill in section 1 by striking out all of subsection 2 (page 1, lines 34 to 39 
and page 2, lines 1 to 3 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
12. Growing permitted. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may 
plant, grow, harvest, possess, process, sell and buy industrial hemp if that person holds a 
license issued pursuant to subsection 4. A person licensed pursuant to subsection 4 may 
plant, grow and harvest only hemp that is grown from seeds acquired from a certified 
seed source, grown from a clone that is produced from seeds acquired from a certified 
seed source or propagated from tissue cultures that are removed from live plants grown 
from seeds acquired from a certified seed source. 
A person licensed pursuant to 
subsection 4 may acquire hemp seeds directly from a certified seed source or from a 
hemp seed distributor licensed in this State distributing hemp seeds pursuant to 
subsection 2-A. 1 
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 6 in the 4th line (page 2, line 7 in L.D.) by 
inserting after the following: 
11indoors
the following: 1for the purpose of certified seed 
production by a person who is growing hemp for an academic. research program 
conducted through a postsecondary education institution1 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. It clarifies that a person 
licensed to grow industrial hemp may grow hemp from a clone that is produced from 
seeds acquired from a certified seed source or hemp propagated from tissue cultures that 
are removed from live plants grown from seeds from a certified seed source. 
It also directs the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to adopt 
mles to provide for industrial hemp grown indoors for the purpose of certified seed 
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production by a licensed person who is growing hemp for an academic research program 
conducted through a postsecondary education institution. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/06/18 feac 
LD 742 
LR 1620(02) 
An Act To Allow Hemp Growers To Grow Hemp from Clones and To Grow Hemp Indoors 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,/J(II ~ s-rv 
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Minor revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This bill would allow growers of industrial hemp licensed by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and 
Forestry (ACF) to grow industrial hemp from a clone or tissue cultures removed from live crops grown from a 
certified seed source. The bill would also direct ACF to adopt rules for the application and licensing of industrial 
hemp grown indoors, but only if the license is for an academic research program conducted through a post-secondmy 
institution. Any additional costs to the ACF as a result ofrulemaking are anticipated to be minor and can be absorbed 
within existing budgeted resources. 
Because any additional licensees or licensed acreage would be limited to those involved in research activities through 
post-secondary institutions, it is estimated that there will be a limited number of program participants, generating 
minor Other Special Revenue Funds revenue. 
LR1620(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1