North Dakota -- VICTORY! On March 9 the Governor John Hoeven signed House Bill 1492 which directs the North Dakota State University to start storing "feral hemp seed" in preparation for the day in which it becomes legal to grow industrial hemp under federal law.

The vote in the House was 87-3 and in the Senate was 46-0. In 1999, North Dakota was the first state to pass hemp farming legislation but to date has not challenged federal supremacy over the issue in the courts.

New Hampshire -- House Bill 55-FN-A -- PASSED HOUSE on March 23 by a margin of 199-168. The bill now goes on to the Senate Finance Committee for consideration. If passed and signed into law it would let farmers apply for a state license to grow industrial hemp. Qualifying farmers must have no criminal convictions and plant at least five acres per year. Only hemp seed that was sold to farmers by the New Hampshire Commissioner of Agriculture would be approved for planting to ensure only low-THC varieties of the plant are grown.

Oregon -- Senate Bill 294 -- HEARING SET for April 6 in the Oregon Senate Environment and Land Use Committee at 3:00pm in room B. The bill would permit production and possession of industrial hemp and trade in industrial hemp commodities and products. The bill would authorize the State Department of Agriculture to administer a licensing, permitting and inspection program for growers and handlers of industrial hemp.

California -- Assembly Bill 1147 -- HEARING SET for April 27 before the California Assembly Agriculture Committee. If passed, AB 1147 would give farmers the right to apply for a state license to grow low-THC varieties of hemp. The law would be similar to regulations on industrial hemp in other countries such as Canada and the European Union. The University of California would also conduct research on industrial hemp.

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Hemp was made illegal in 1937 through a conspiracy of prominent industrials and because of the perjury, lies and blasphemy of a man named Harry J. Anslinger.