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2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 970

AN ACT CONCERNING CANNABINOIDS, HEMP AND HEMP PRODUCTS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on May 7, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) redefine "marijuana" to exclude certain products, (2) define "naturally manufactured hemp cannabinoid" and "low-THC hemp product", (3) redefine "synthetic cannabinoid", "independent testing laboratory", "manufacture" and "manufacturer hemp product", (4) authorize licensees to sell high-THC hemp products and naturally manufactured hemp cannabinoids to certain persons, (5) authorize additional persons to conduct testing of manufacturer hemp products and modify various requirements concerning testing procedures, (6) authorize unlicensed sales of certain low-THC hemp products, (7) modify various requirements concerning packaging, presenting and advertising manufacturer hemp products, and (8) modify various provisions concerning the THC content of hemp and manufacturer hemp products.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Catherine A. Osten

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    Geraldo C. Reyes Jr.

    Its course

    January 22 to May 7, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action18 actions on 12 days

    In the SenateJan 22 to May 7 · stopped105 days

    General Law CommitteeJan 22 to Mar 2461 days

    Appropriations CommitteeMay 1 to May 54 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Jan 22 – May 5

    1. Jan 22Introduced and sent to General Law Committee
    2. Mar 5Drafted as a bill by General Law Committee
    3. Mar 6Sent to General Law Committee
    4. Mar 14Heard in General Law Committee
    5. Mar 24General Law Committee recommended it
    6. May 1Sent to Appropriations Committee
    7. May 5Appropriations Committee recommended it
    All 18 actions, as published
    1. Jan 22REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 3Vote to DraftBoth houses
    3. Mar 5DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    4. Mar 6REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    5. Mar 14PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    6. Mar 24Joint FavorableBoth houses
    7. Mar 24FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    8. Apr 3REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    9. Apr 9RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    10. Apr 9FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    11. Apr 9SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    12. Apr 9FILE NO.Both houses
    13. May 1REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    14. May 5Joint FavorableBoth houses
    15. May 6FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    16. May 7RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    17. May 7NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    18. May 7FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate