Latest / NRBC Compliance Brief / Vol. 1, Ed. 19 — Wed Sep 2: Hemp ban delay clears Congress, heads to Trump
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- This is the New Realm Compliance Brief, Volume One, Edition Nineteen, for Wednesday, September Second. Our top story: The House of Representatives voted three hundred seventy to forty-eight on Tuesday to pass the government funding bill that delays the federal recriminalization of hemp T-H-C products. The provision moves the effective date from November twelfth to December eleventh, and the bill now goes to President Trump for signature. The delay does not apply to synthetic cannabinoids that do not occur naturally in the plant — those stay on the November twelfth timeline. Supporters said the extra month gives lawmakers time to craft regulations as an alternative to prohibition, and the White House has said it supports the delay. Also in Washington: before the funding vote, members opposed to the delay tried to defeat the procedural rule setting the House floor agenda. The rule survived by just two votes, two hundred ten to two hundred eight. Representative Andy Harris of Maryland said intoxicating gas station weed is being sold in convenience stores, while Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma said the blocking tactic amounted to blackmailing your colleagues. The narrow margin shows the new December date remains contested in Congress. Around the states: In New Mexico, a district judge postponed a decision on cannabis businesses' request to keep the old BioTrack tracking system, saying he wants to see how the new system performs for retailers before ruling Thursday morning. BioTrack's final shutdown remains set for one minute past midnight on Friday. And in California, Governor Newsom signed a bill defining cannabis packaging that is attractive to children, barring cartoons, candy imagery, and balloon-style lettering starting January first, twenty twenty-eight. On the radar: watch for Thursday's New Mexico ruling, the President's signature on the funding bill, and a pending Texas court decision on pausing state T-H-C enforcement. Full details and source links are in today's email. This update is for general information only — it is not legal advice.