Hemp Safety Enforcement Act

This bill would let a State or Indian tribe notify the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture that it chooses not to be covered by the federal hemp production rules, and instead regulate hemp and hemp-derived cannabinoid products itself. A State or tribe that opts out could use its own legal definitions of hemp, but must still follow one federal exclusion from the definition and must set a minimum age for buying hemp-derived cannabinoid products. No State or tribe could block interstate shipment of hemp products to or from an opted-out State or tribe. Products moving between two opted-out jurisdictions would have to follow the laws of both. The changes would take effect on the same date as hemp definition changes made in the 2026 agriculture appropriations law.

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Sponsors

• Rand Paul Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors