A Republican senator is previewing forthcoming bipartisan legislation to reverse the scheduled federal recriminalization of hemp THC products this year and replace it with a new regulatory system that includes age limits and taxes.
Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) said the issue is “important to me personally” as a wounded veteran “who has a lot of friends who’ve gone through various stages of healing after the war” and also as someone who represents an agriculture-focused state.
“I’m optimistic that in a hyperpartisan time when it appears like we can’t get anything passed, this might actually be a subject where we can see both executive and legislative success,” the GOP lawmaker said during a Zoom meeting with members of the group Hemp Industry & Farmers of America (HIFA) on Wednesday. “That’s going to be good for America.”
Sheehy said there is a “bipartisan group coalescing around” the issue, citing lawmakers such as Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) who he is partnering with hemp reform legislation that he said will be introduced “relatively soon.”
“We’re contemplating a number of legislative actions here that support the hemp industry.”
The senator, who has separately championed veterans-focused psychedelics legislation, noted that the
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