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GA SB481
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/8/2022
Primary Sponsor
Kim Jackson
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AI Summary
- Reduces the maximum annual hemp grower license fee from $5,000 to $650 and reduces the annual hemp processor permit fee from $25,000 to $650
- Lowers the minimum surety bond requirement for hemp processor permit applicants from $300,000 to $100,000, while maintaining the $1,000,000 maximum
- Narrows the criminal history disqualification for hemp licenses and permits, barring only those convicted of a felony related to a state or federally controlled substance within ten years, rather than also disqualifying those with misdemeanor controlled substance convictions
- Creates two new license types issued by the department's Food Safety Division at $650 annually each: a retail hemp food establishment license (for selling hemp extract food to consumers) and a wholesale hemp food establishment license (for manufacturing or preparing hemp extract food for sale to other businesses)
- Expands the definition of "hemp products" to explicitly include cosmetics, personal care products, food for human or animal consumption, and any product containing hemp-derived cannabinoids such as cannabidiol, and clarifies that hemp products shall not be considered controlled substances
Legislative Description
"Georgia Hemp Farming Act,"; allow persons convicted of any misdemeanor or a felony not related to a state or federally controlled substance within ten years to grow industrial hemp
Last Action
Senate Recommitted
3/9/2022
Committee Referrals
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs2/10/2022
Full Bill Text
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