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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 598
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4461
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E PRODUCTION OF HEMP I N
CONNECTICUT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of 1
Agriculture shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 of 2
the general statutes to establish a licensing program for the growing, 3
cultivation, production and processing of industrial hemp in the state. 4
Such licensing program shall be consistent with federal law. Such 5
regulations shall establish fees for any such license and provide, at a 6
minimum, for the tracking and inspection of property used for any 7
such growing, cultivation, production or processing, the testing of 8
plants and products and processes for the disposal of plants and 9
products that exceed requisite levels of tetrahydrocannabinol. 10
Additionally, such regulations shall provide for the renewal, 11
suspension and revocation of such licenses and include provision for a 12
hearing upon any such action to suspend or revoke such a license by 13
the commissioner. 14
Committee Bill No. 598
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To authorize the production of hemp in Connecticut.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; SEN. FONFARA, 1st Dist.
SEN. MCCRORY, 2nd Dist.; SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.
SEN. COHEN, 12th Dist.; SEN. ABRAMS, 13th Dist.
SEN. MARONEY, 14th Dist.; SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist.; SEN. BRADLEY, 23rd Dist.
SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.; SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.
SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.; SEN. NEEDLEMAN, 33rd Dist.
REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.; REP. MICHEL, 146th Dist.
S.B. 598