Kentucky Hemp Bill Introduced

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 260 to create an industrial hemp
research program to conduct research on industrial hemp as an
agricultural product in Kentucky; direct that the research program shall
be administered by the Department of Agriculture working cooperatively
with a selected Kentucky university or universities' agricultural
research program; use the Council on Postsecondary Education to select
the site of the program; allow all universities with agriculture
departments to apply and be considered by the Council on Postsecondary
Education for the location of the industrial hemp research program;
create the Industrial Hemp Commission to monitor the industrial hemp
research program, issue a report, and make recommendations to the
Governor, the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and Natural
Resources and the LRC by December 15, 2001; direct the state of Kentucky
to adopt the current federal rules and regulations regarding industrial
hemp and any subsequent changes; establish an "industrial hemp program
fund" to offset the costs of this marketing and research.


HB 100 (BR 224) - Rep. J. Barrows, Rep. R. Thomas, Rep. P. Clark
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 5-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)