California Legislators Punt on Hemp Bill

Dear Client:  Ding dong, the bill is dead (or at least asleep for now).  The hemp beverage industry is celebrating what they consider a win in California, where AB 2223, a bill authored by Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, was skipped over and not called during a “suspense” file hearing on 515 pending bills by the Senate appropriations committee Thursday.  Because the committee did not vote whether to pass the bill on to consideration by the full California Senate (it