The House Judiciary Committee heard HB 1293 on hemp authored by Rep. Lehe This bill provides that the law that prohibits the manufacture, delivery, possession, or financing of the manufacture or delivery of smokable hemp does not apply to smokable hemp that is engaged in interstate commerce, if the smokable hemp is not intended to be sold at retail or distributed to or possessed by a consumer in Indiana.
The bill also created a finding that the use of smokable hemp presents a threat to public health and safety; this statement was removed by amendment. The majority of the testimony was against the finding that was amended out of the bill. The Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council testified in favor of the bill. The amended bill passed 12-0.
Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1293