THE INDUSTRIAL HEMP BILL THAT GOVERNOR MARTINEZ VETOED DAYS AGO IS BACK “ON.” HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NATE GENTRY, A REPUBLICAN, IS NOW SPONSORING A REVIVED HEMP BILL … AND IT UNANIMOUSLY CLEARED THE HOUSE LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ON MONDAY.
THE GOVERNOR VETOED A BILL FROM DEMOCRATIC SENATOR CISCO MCSORELY OF ALBUQUERQUE THAT WOULD HAVE SET UP A RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR INDUSTRIAL HEMP. MCSORELY TELLS KOB-TV THAT GENTRY CHANGED A FEW WORDS IN THE BILL … AND HE’S WORRIED IT COULD MEAN NEW MEXICO FARMERS DON’T GET THE CHANCE TO TURN HEMP INTO A CASH CROP.
THIRTY-TWO STATES HAVE APPROVED SIMILAR LEGISLATION SINCE 2014.
