Year Passed: 2013
Summary: Senate Bill 241 creates a new program within the Department of Agriculture to oversee the regulation of commercial hemp production. Senate Bill 241 classifies cannabis possessing no more than three-tenths of one percent THC as an agricultural commodity and establishes a 9-member committee within the state Department of Agriculture to oversee the creation of regulations governing the licensed cultivation of hemp for commercial and research purposes.
Statute: Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 35-61, 101-109 (2014)