Connecticut advances bill to restrict hemp products

Connecticut’s House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill that would restrict and regulate hemp products in the state.

House Bill 5150 passed by a 130-16 vote and will now go to the state Senate, according to CT News Junkie.

If approved, the bill would:

State governments have taken different approaches to regulating hemp-derived products that were made legal under the 2018 Farm Bill.

But Congress made movement on a new Farm Bill on Wednesday, when the Senate Agriculture Committee Democratic leadership and the House Agriculture Committee Republican leadership released their frameworks for a new piece of legislation.

“It’s already legal,” Republican state Rep. David Rutigliano told CT News Junkie, referencing hemp.

“We’re trying to regulate it in a way that makes it safer.”