HB532
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Amend KRS 260.850 to define terms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 260 to establish quality assurance and safety protocols for medicinal hemp cultivation, handling, processing, and marketing; amend KRS 260.862 to grant the Kentucky Department of Agriculture the authority to promulgate administrative regulations related to quality assurance and safety protocols of cultivation, handling, processing, or marketing of medicinal hemp products and to require medicinal hemp product cultivators and processors to follow federal good manufacturing, packaging, labeling, or holding practices.
Introduced: January 30, 2026
Last action: February 6, 2026
Plain-language summary
This bill updates Kentucky's hemp laws to set quality and safety standards for medicinal hemp products, covering how they are grown, handled, processed, and marketed. It gives the Kentucky Department of Agriculture the power to create regulations around these standards and requires those who grow or process medicinal hemp to follow federal guidelines for manufacturing, packaging, labeling, and storage. The emergency declaration means the law would take effect immediately upon passage. Who it may affect: medicinal hemp cultivators, processors, and marketers operating in Kentucky.
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