Amendment H-8327 to HF 2748
Relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products; the regulation of the transportation of agricultural commodities; the use of agricultural land; and taxation, including property taxes, excise and sales taxes, and income taxes; making penalties applicable; and including effective date and applicability provisions
Withdrawn · April 8, 2026
Filed April 7, 2026 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment changes the word "tourism" to "promotion" and adds new definitions for "minimally processed hemp" and "farm crop." It also establishes that hemp and minimally processed hemp produced under federal law are considered agricultural commodities regulated by the department.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 22, line 4, by striking “TOURISM” and inserting “PROMOTION”
- Page 22, after line 4 by inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 204.2, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: e. “Consumable hemp product” does not include a hemp any of the following: (1) A hemp product if the intended use of the hemp product is introduction into the human body by any method of inhalation, as prohibited under section 204.14A . (2) Minimally processed hemp as defined in section 204A.2. Sec. ___. Section 204A.2, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION . 9A. a. “Minimally processed hemp” means all of the following: (1) Hemp that is in a form attributable to harvesting, drying, curing, trimming, packaging, or customary post-harvest handling. (2) Hemp that has not been subject to alteration by any means, including but not limited to any of the following: (a) A chemical conversion. (b) An added nonbotanical substance. b. “Minimally processed hemp” includes hemp that has been subject to a process of combining or blending the hemp with one or more plant-based substances, if the resulting material remains in an unadulterated form. c. “Minimally processed hemp” does not include a consumable hemp product as regulated under chapter
- Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 204A.8A Agricultural commodity.
- a. Hemp that is produced in compliance with the federal hemp law shall be considered as an agricultural commodity regulated by the department as an article under this subtitle. b. Minimally processed hemp derived from hemp produced in compliance with the federal hemp law shall be considered as an agricultural commodity regulated by the department as an article under this subtitle.
- This section does not authorize the use of hemp or a hemp product as otherwise prohibited by law.”
- Page 22, by striking lines 15 through 28 and inserting: “
- “Farm crop” means a any of the following: a. A plant used for food, animal feed, fiber, or oil, energy, or decoration, including any of the following: a. (1) A forage or cereal plant, including but not limited to alfalfa, barley, buckwheat, corn, flax, forage, millet, oats, popcorn, rye, sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers, wheat, and grasses used for forage or silage. b. (2) Edible or ornamental produce, including but not limited to fruit such as apples, cherries, peaches, pears, berries, and grapes; vegetables such as asparagus, broccoli, and carrots; lentils; tubers; squashes and pumpkins; gourds; nuts; maple syrup; Christmas trees; and flowers. b. Mushrooms. c. Honey. d. Hemp or minimally processed hemp as defined in section 204.2.”
- By renumbering as necessary.