Iowa Lawmakers Risk Ruining Hemp Businesses With New Bill, Business Owner Explains Why
The success of Iowa hemp businesses is at stake if lawmakers opt to make changes to support a new measure that seeks to the state's rules around the products they produce. That's according to business owners and farmers who are against House Study Bill 665, a legislation that was reviewed by lawmakers last week following its introduction. On Wednesday, a three-member House subcommittee recommended the passage of the measure to additionally regulate hemp and hemp products, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. It was proposed by the Department of Public Safety, seeking to allow the Department of Health and Human Services more supervision of the distribution of hemp-derived and cannabis products. Meaning, the bill would allow the agency to sanction businesses that violate state rules, including the sale of products with THC levels that exceed the state's 0.3% limit.
