2021 House Bill 5617

Add hemp provision to food code

Introduced in the House

Dec. 8, 2021

Introduced by Rep. Pat Outman (R-70)

To revise the state Food Code to add provisions and rules related to testing a food or food supplement that contains any quantity of an industrial hemp-derived cannabinoid, and prescribe testing requirements for this substance. See also House Bills 5058 to 5061.

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

Feb. 1, 2022

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

Feb. 17, 2022

Passed in the House 99 to 2 (details)

Received in the Senate

Feb. 22, 2022

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

June 16, 2022

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture