Nevada Hemp Law

Year Passed: 2015

Summary: Governor Brian Sandoval signed Senate Bill 305 into law in 2015 to permit for the limited cultivation of industrial hemp as part of a university-sponsored pilot program. Governor Sandoval signed separate legislation, Senate Bill 396, in 2017 expanding the law to permit broader commercial cultivation of the crop.

Statute: Nevada Rev. Stat. sec. 557.010 to 557.080.