Tennessee

Tennessee Governor Lee signed HB 1376 at the end of May, 2025. Thanks to all hemp supporters who reached out to lawmakers in Tennessee in an attempt to stop this bill. This law will ban both the sale and use of THCa, a very popular line of hemp products, while also prohibiting direct-to-consumer sales of all hemp products, destroying an important line of commerce for consumers and the farmers who grow the hemp crops.  For beverages, it provides a monopoly to the alcohol industry creating a regulatory structure parallel to that of liquor utilizing a three-tiered system in which all taxes are collected at the wholesale level and requires that products move through a licensed wholesaler. These regulations and restrictions will go into effect on January 1, 2026.