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Eliminating acreage limitations for the production of hemp, and including effective date provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2020
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa currently limits the amount of land used to grow hemp to 40 acres per producer. This bill removes that limit so farmers can grow hemp on more than 40 acres.1
Read the official explanation
HEMP PRODUCTION —— ACREAGE LIMITATION.1), which in part requires the department of agriculture and land stewardship (DALS) to regulate the production of hemp.2).4). DALS may issue any number of licenses to a qualified producer so long as all licensed crop sites do not exceed a total of acres. The bill eliminates the 40-acre limitation. BACKGROUND. The IHA must comply with the relevant provisions of the federal Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Pub. L. 115-334, that allows states and tribes to assume primary regulatory authority over the production of hemp by submitting a plan for approval by the United States department of agriculture (USDA). 3). 990). The USDA has neither approved nor disapproved Iowa’s state plan. EFFECTIVE DATE. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
Iowa Code it changes
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