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IN SR0031
Resolution
Status
Introduced
2/14/2013
Primary Sponsor
Richard Young
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AI Summary
- Urges the Legislative Council to assign the Interim Committee on Agriculture to study the legalization of growing industrial hemp in Indiana
- Defines industrial hemp as containing less than 0.3% THC, distinguishing it from recreational and medicinal hemp which contains 2-20% THC
- Notes that industrial hemp can be used to produce paper, clothing, food, cosmetics, plastic, fuel, oil, and medicine
- States that while possession of industrial hemp is legal, cultivation is currently illegal, causing American businesses to import hemp products from over 30 countries
- References that eight states (Colorado, Maine, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia) have already legalized industrial hemp production, and multiple other states have passed related legislation or resolutions
Legislative Description
Study on the legalization of growing industrial hemp.
Last Action
Senators Stoops, Tallian, Steele and Waterman added as coauthors
2/14/2013
Committee Referrals
Public Policy2/14/2013
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