Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HR368: Joint Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products; create
Status: Failed, April 4, 2025
A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
A resolution Creating the Joint Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products; and for other purposes.
From the introduced text:
A RESOLUTION Creating the Joint Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, in 2018, Congress passed and the President signed into law the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Public Law 115-334 (2018 Farm Bill), which authorized the production of hemp and removed hemp from the federal schedule of controlled substances; and WHEREAS, through the Georgia Hemp Farming Act, approved May 10, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 1030), the General Assembly authorized the production of hemp in Georgia in accordance with the federal 2018 Farm Bill; and WHEREAS, the definition of hemp in the federal 2018 Farm Bill and the Georgia Hemp Farming Act limits the amount of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC) that may be present in hemp, but neither Act provides limits on other isomers of delta-9-THC or other cannabinoids; and WHEREAS, by an Act of the General Assembly, approved April 30, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 455), the General Assembly provided regulations on the production and sale of consumable H. R. LC 55 0513 hemp products, but did not provide restrictions on isomers of delta-9-THC or other potentially intoxicating cannabinoids; and WHEREAS, since passage of the 2018 Farm Bill and the Georgia Hemp Farming Act, it has been discovered that many other substances derived from the cannabis plant beyond delta-9-THC may be intoxicating and …
Sponsors
- Steven Sainz (R, 180) · primary sponsor
- William Werkheiser (R, 157)
- Ron Stephens (R, 164)
- Mandi Ballinger (R, 23)
- Rick Townsend (R, 179)
Latest actions
- : Senate Tabled
- : Senate Taken from Table
- : Senate Tabled
- : Senate Committee Favorably Reported
- : Senate Recommitted
- : Senate Taken from Table
- : House Withdrawn, Recommitted
- : Senate Tabled
- : Senate Engrossed
- : House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Common questions
- What is HR368?
- HR368 is a bill in the Georgia Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Joint Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products; create.
- What does HR368 do?
- In its own words: A resolution Creating the Joint Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products; and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HR368?
- Failed as of April 4, 2025. Latest action: Senate Tabled (March 31, 2026).
- Who sponsored HR368?
- Steven Sainz (R, 180), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HR368?
- On the Georgia Legislature website: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70724
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