GREAT NEWS FROM TEXAS:  This week, the Texas State Senate UNANIMOUSLY passed House Bill 1325, based on the Roundtable’s Model State Act.  The bill would launch a hemp growth program – making Texas the 44th State in the USA — and provide belt-and-suspenders protection for hemp products like CBD, with labeling and retailer registration requirements.…

This week, critical hemp legislation was introduced in the New Jersey legislature: Assembly Bill 5322 and Senate Bill 3686. These identical companion bills, based on the Roundtable’s Model State Act, would align New Jersey’s nascent hemp program with the 2018 Farm Bill – and importantly, provide explicit protections for the retail sale of hemp products such…

GREAT NEWS FROM OKLAHOMA – Yesterday, Governor Kevin Stitt signed Senate Bill 238 into law.  It takes legal effect on November 1.  The bill contains strong language – directly from the Roundtable’s Model State Act – that explicitly authorizes the sale of hemp-derived CBD at retail:   Retail sales of industrial hemp and hemp products…

Another week passes, which means another week of hemp progress.  Check out the latest:   Florida: This morning, the Sunshine State’s Senate passed SB 1020, a bill largely based on the Roundtable’s Model State Act that had previous passed the state House on March 25.  The Governor is expected to sign this into law shortly.…

It’s been a wild week for hemp across the nation, with state legislative victories piling up every day.  In just this past week, we saw progress in four major states: Iowa:  After a local county attorney announced a March crackdown on CBD products, Senate File 599 was introduced that would bring Iowa into hemp growing…

Despite the deep and rich agricultural tradition, the Prairie States have seen some of the greatest resistance to hemp legalization.  (Don’t remind us about South Dakota Governor Noem. Ugh.)   But we’ve seen some pronounced prairie progress in the last few weeks – and in a few cases, we need YOUR help to get hemp…

Today, we’re proud to share an update on our sister organization, the U.S. Hemp Authority, from its President, Marielle Weintraub. We need your help again.  It’s time for Guidance Plan 2.0. We are asking all Hemp Supporters – farmers, processors, manufacturers, product sellers, retailers and consumers – to weigh in on how we can make our Guidance Plan even stronger…

As you may recall from here, the USDA is actively soliciting public input as it develops regulations pursuant to the 2018 Farm Bill.   Today, for the first time, the USDA took their listening tour on the road, and held a session in Louisville, KY, featuring Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Greg Ibach…

As we have been sharing in this space (read here and here and here), the FDA has been slowly charting a path toward the full legal recognition of hemp-derived CBD as a food additive and dietary supplement.   Today, marks another landmark.  After teasing such an announcement for weeks, the FDA published in the Federal…

The Roundtable Roundup is a semi-regular update for Hemp Supporters — breaking or interesting news affecting the industry – brought to you by the US Hemp Roundtable.   GEORGIA – Good news! A bill is sitting on the Governor’s desk that would make the Peach State officially the 42ndstate to legalize the growth of hemp.…