WASHINGTON, DC — Vote Hemp, which advocates for industrial hemp in Washington, DC, and the Hemp Industries Association (HIA), representing over 200 hemp companies, are concerned by recent Associated Press and USA Today news reports alleging that lollipops “flavored with hemp oil” are “legal.”...
WASHINGTON, DC — For the first time since the federal government outlawed hemp farming in the United States, a federal bill has been introduced that would remove restrictions on the cultivation of non-psychoactive industrial hemp. At a Capitol Hill...
WASHINGTON, DC — On June 23, Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) will introduce the Industrial Hemp Farming Act, a bill that would allow states to regulate industrial hemp while freeing farmers from federal restrictions on this versatile and profitable crop. Coinciding...
WASHINGTON, DC – On June 23, Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) will introduce the Industrial Hemp Farming Act, a bill that would allow states to regulate industrial hemp farming while freeing U.S. farmers from federal restrictions on this versatile and...
PINE RIDGE, SD — This week, Vote Hemp and the Hemp Industries Association (HIA) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, supporting members of the Lakota Nation in their attempt to grow industrial...
SACRAMENTO, CA — Yesterday the California Assembly Agriculture Committee declined to bring to a vote the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act, AB 1147, putting the bill on a two-year track. Any future hearing this year on the bill that would...
SACRAMENTO, CA — Thousands of local businesses, organizations, individuals and farmers are backing new industrial hemp legislation (AB 1147) that would give California farmers the right to grow low-THC varieties of hemp. On Wednesday, April 27 at 1:30pm in Room...
SALEM, OR — Business leaders, farmers and legislators in Oregon are backing Senate Bill 294, legislation that would bring back hemp farming for the first time in almost 50 years. The Oregon Senate Environment and Land Use Committee will hold...
WASHINGTON, DC — Vote Hemp, a non-profit organization dedicated to the acceptance of industrial hemp, believes that four state legislatures are likely to pass legislation this year that would allow farmers and researchers to grow industrial hemp. In California, New Hampshire, Oregon...
Sacramento, CA — California business leaders, farmers and legislators will offer their support for a new industrial hemp farming bill (AB 1147) at a press conference on Feb. 23 at 9:00am in the California State Capitol, room 1190. The press...