Hemp Legislation Introduced in the Ohio Senate

Over the past several months, we have been meeting with Ohio policymakers to assist in the development of sound hemp policy in Ohio. This work is starting to bear fruit. We predicted last week that legislation would be introduced soon in the General Assembly, and that has now happened. A new bill to legalize and regulate hemp in Ohio was introduced in the Ohio Senate this morning.

We are reviewing and analyzing this formal draft, but even after a brief review it is apparent that the goal is to take a free market approach to hemp in Ohio, legalizing not only hemp cultivation but also the extraction and distribution of CBD and other hemp extracts in the Buckeye State. 

To read the draft hemp legislation, please click here. We will post another update with a more detailed analysis in the coming days.