Latest / NRBC Compliance Brief / Vol. 1, Ed. 20 — Thu Sep 3: Trump signs hemp ban delay into law
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- This is the New Realm Compliance Brief, Volume One, Edition Twenty, for Thursday, September third. Our top story: President Trump on Wednesday signed the stopgap funding bill into law. The measure funds the federal government through December eleventh and delays the effective date of the federal ban on hemp-derived T H C products from November twelfth to that same December eleventh date. The House passed the bill three hundred seventy to forty-eight after earlier Senate approval. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota said the delay is good news for farmers, brewers, small businesses, and customers. Some opponents of the delay, including Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, have pressed instead for permanent hemp legislation. For beverage makers, hemp T H C drinks remain federally lawful to produce and sell through December eleventh, with state law still controlling market by market. In other federal news, attention is turning from the ban itself to regulation. Representative Morgan Griffith of Virginia introduced the HEMP Act to set federal guardrails, while Representatives Beth Van Duyne of Texas and Greg Landsman of Ohio filed a bill to keep hemp T H C drinks legal while taxing and regulating them like alcohol. Note that the delay does not cover synthetic cannabinoids, which are still set for recriminalization on November twelfth. Around the states: In New Mexico, the new track-and-trace system went live for retailers Tuesday after a six-day sales blackout, and a district judge is expected to rule this morning on operators' emergency motion. And in California, Governor Newsom signed a law restricting cannabis packaging and advertising considered attractive to children, effective January first, twenty twenty-eight. On the radar: possible Texas injunction hearings on September seventeenth or October eighth, and the D E A's marijuana rescheduling decision remains pending. Full details and source links are in today's email. This update is for general information only — it is not legal advice.