UPDATE (3/6/2017) Thanks to the many calls and concerns expressed on social media regarding HB 333 and HB 448, the language in both bills...

Earlier this month, we had the opportunity to visit Washington D.C. and meet with the staffs of several Kentucky representatives to...

A new rule issued in a statement by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has raised quite a few concerns amongst the hemp industry,...

Last week, three Kentucky lawmakers — Republican Sen. Rand Paul, Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth and Republican Rep. Thomas Massie — asked...

On Tuesday, August 23 the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it would allow the certification of industrial...

On July 17, 2015, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) secured a provision in the Senate Agriculture Appropriations bill...

On January 22, 2015, Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) announced H.R. 525, “The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015," along with...

On January 8, 2015, S 134 "The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015" was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senators McConnell (R-KY), Paul...

On May 29, 2014, Representative Thomas Massie introduced House Amendment 754 to HR 4660, to prohibit the use of funds in contravention of...

On April 5, 2014, SB 50 became law, which established the conditions and procedures for licensing industrial hemp growers by the Kentucky...

On March 6, 2014, Senator Paul Hornback introduced SB 208. This bill removed the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Speaker's...

President Obama signed the Farm Bill on February 7, 2014. Section 7606 of the act, Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp Research, defines...

On April 7, 2013, Kentucky SB 50 became law, despite Governor Steve Besher's refusal to sign the bill. The governor had voiced his...

The House received SB 50 on February 15, 2013 where the Committee of Agriculture & Small Business reviewed it, and reported favorably...

On Thursday, February 14, 2013, SB 50 was posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day; with its third reading, it passed 31-6...

On February 6, 2013, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced federal legislation that would require the federal government to respect...

On January 8, 2013, SB 50 was introduced in the Senate. The bill differed than prior bills (SB 14 SB 30, and SB 41) in that it; 1)...

On January 8, 2013, HB 33 was introduced in the House, to the House Agriculture and Small Business committee. The bill, similar to...

HR 286 was introduced in House on January 19, 2012. Similiar to HB 727, however this bill included additional amendments. This included...

HB 727 was introduced in the House on January 18, 2012. The bill, similar to both SB 30 and SB 41, in that it would define "department,"...