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Introduced

In Committee

3

Passed One Chamber

4

Passed Both

5

Signed into Law

Sponsor

James R. Baird

Republican · IN · Representative

Votes with party: 97.7% (513 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (36)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

2026-05-20

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Committee Activity

Currently in

House Committee on AgricultureReferred To · 2026-01-13

Plain-English Summary

Hemp Planting Predictability Act This bill extends by two years the implementation of changes to the regulation of hemp products, which reimpose certain federal controls over some hemp products. Specifically, Congress enacted the FY2026 agriculture appropriations act (P.L. 119-37) on November 12, 2025. Effective November 12, 2026, the act modifies the statutory definition of hemp products that are considered to be lawful. This bill extends the effective date to November 12, 2028. As background, the 2018 farm bill excluded hemp from the Controlled Substances Act definition of marijuana and defined hemp . As a result, hemp and hemp-derived products at or below the 0.3% delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana) concentration threshold were no longer regulated as Schedule I controlled substances and registration with the Drug Enforcement Administration was no longer required to cultivate or handle hemp and hemp-derived products. However, hemp remained subject to Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration regulation. The 2025 changes to the definition of hemp, include changing the limit to a total THC concentration of not more than 0.3% on a dry weight basis rather than only delta-9 THC, explicitly including industrial hemp, excluding seeds from a cannabis plant that exceed a certain THC concentration, and excluding various types of hemp-derived cannabinoid products. Cannabinoids refer to unique chemical compounds that are found in hemp and marijuana (e.g., THC) and are known to exhibit a range of psychological and physiological effects.

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Subjects

Agriculture and Food

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7024 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7024 To amend the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2026, to delay the implementation of amendments made by such Act to the hemp production provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 13, 2026 Mr. Baird (for himself, Mr. Comer, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Moore of North Carolina, and Ms. Craig) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2026, to delay the implementation of amendments made by such Act to the hemp production provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Hemp Planting Predictability Act''. SEC. 2. DELAYED IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDMENTS TO HEMP PRODUCTION PROVISIONS. Section 781 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2026 (Public Law 119-37; 139 Stat. 558) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``365 days'' and inserting ``3 years''. <all>

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