Hemp Farming Act of 2018
Latest action · Apr 16, 2018 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 380.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 12, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Hemp Farming Act of 2018
This bill legalizes industrial hemp that has a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana) concentration of no more than 0.3% by removing it from schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. States and Indian tribes may regulate the production of hemp by submitting a plan to the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The bill also makes hemp producers eligible for the federal crop insurance program and certain USDA research grants.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 12, 2018 to Jul 18, 2018; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Apr 12, 2018 |
| R-KY | Rand Paul | Original | Apr 12, 2018 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Apr 12, 2018 |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Apr 19, 2018 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Apr 19, 2018 | |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Apr 19, 2018 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Apr 19, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Apr 23, 2018 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Apr 26, 2018 | |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Apr 26, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | May 7, 2018 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | May 7, 2018 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | May 9, 2018 | |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | May 9, 2018 | |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | May 10, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 16, 2018Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 380.
- Apr 12, 2018Introduced in Senate
- Apr 12, 2018Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2124-2125)
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3016 | Ron Wyden D-OR | Jun 6, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2132 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Apr 16, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2085, S2086, S2128Text printed S2124 | Mitch McConnell R-KY (text), Ron Wyden D-OR | Apr 12, 2018 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 5
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 5
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45525 | The 2018 Farm Bill (P.L. 115-334): Summary and Side-by-Side Comparison | Report | May 7, 2024 |
| IF11088 | 2018 Farm Bill Primer: Hemp Cultivation and Processing Archived | Resource | Jan 30, 2019 |
| R45275 | The House and Senate 2018 Farm Bills (H.R. 2): A Side-by-Side Comparison with Current Law Archived | Report | Jul 27, 2018 |
| RL32725 | Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity Archived | Report | Jul 9, 2018 |
| R45193 | Federal Crop Insurance: Program Overview for the 115th Congress Archived | Report | May 10, 2018 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | Related bill | Dec 20, 2018 |
| HR 5485 | Hemp Farming Act of 2018 | Identical bill | Apr 12, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to provide for State and Tribal regulation of hemp production, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Hemp Farming Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 16, 2018Placed on Calendar Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
