Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Drug Policy Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 180
Industrial hemp; legalize and regulate for certain purposes.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GROWING AND HANDLING OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO REQUIRE THE LICENSING OF HEMP GROWERS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE; TO REQUIRE RECORD KEEPING, SEED RETENTION AND INSPECTIONS; TO PROVIDE FOR FEES FOR LICENSING; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REVOCATION OF LICENSES AND IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-29-113 AND 69-1-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 3 to January 31, 2017, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 days
Drug PolicyJan 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature 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 Legislature published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 3 – Jan 31
- Jan 3Referred to the House committees on Drug Policy and on Public Health and Human Services
- Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 3Referred To Drug Policy;Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives