The U.S. Senate has rejected an amendment to make sure that hemp THC products are federally recriminalized on time under a current plan that is set to go into effect in November, instead allowing a provision that would delay the ban to advance. Industry supporters say the move will hopefully give them more time to convince Congress to craft regulations as an alternative to prohibition.
The anti-hemp proposal, from Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) and several cosponsors, sought to strip provisions out of a key spending bill released by Senate leaders over the weekend and supported by the White House that aim to delay the scheduled hemp product ban.
The amendment was killed by a motion to table from Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) that was adopted in a vote of 61-32.
Hemp derivatives with less than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC on a dry-weight basis were federally legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill that President Donald Trump signed during his first term in office. But late last year, the president signed new legislation containing provisions that will redefine hemp to make it so only products with 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container will remain legal after November 12.
Last weekend, leaders of
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