Hemp
Key lawmaker says hemp bill regaining momentum in Kentucky House
By Janet Patton — [email protected]
The hemp bill is back on track.
House Agriculture and Small Business Committee Chairman Tom McKee said Monday that a proposal to regulate hemp farming in Kentucky is expected to win approval from his committee Wednesday.
“I anticipate a very strong vote. It could be a unanimous vote,” said McKee, D-Cynthiana.
His substitute bill, which would have scrapped a licensing framework for farmers and replaced it with a research project at the University of Kentucky, has been dropped, McKee said. He plans to file no amendments, signalling that the original version of Senate Bill 50 could get the up or down vote that supporters have sought.
McKee’s move came after bill sponsor Sen. Paul Hornback, R-Shelbyville, and Agriculture Commissioner James Comer held a news conference last week to accuse McKee of blocking the bill. His committee heard about two hours of testimony about… Continue reading
Senate Committee Votes Unanimously to Approve Legal Hemp in Kentucky
Hemp Field
Today the Senate Committee on Agriculture in Kentucky voted unanimously on Senate Bill 50, which would legalize industrial hemp in Kentucky.
U.S. Senator Rand Paul, wearing a t-shirt made of hemp, testified at the committee in favor of the bill, stating that if it passed, he’d work with the president on granting a federal waver to allow the production of hemp in Kentucky.
The hearing included both sides of the argument, with the opposition going as far as saying “you can get high from hemp”, and that it would lead to more crime (laughable propaganda).
The bill had a number of high-profile endorsers, including senate minority leader Mitch McConnel.
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