{"id":86545,"date":"2026-08-05T03:42:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/north-carolina-bill-to-ban-hemp-thc-products-wont-get-a-house-vote-until-at-least-november\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T19:46:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:46:54","slug":"north-carolina-bill-to-ban-hemp-thc-products-wont-get-a-house-vote-until-at-least-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/north-carolina-bill-to-ban-hemp-thc-products-wont-get-a-house-vote-until-at-least-november\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Bill To Ban Hemp THC Products Won\u2019t Get A House Vote Until At Least November"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

\u201cFolks recognize that the current state of our law is not tenable. There are basically no rules.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

By Claire Michal, NC Newsline<\/strong><\/p>\n

The North Carolina House of Representatives will not vote on a bill that would ban intoxicating hemp products in the state<\/a> until November. That\u2019s after hundreds of hemp advocates filled the halls of the legislative building on Tuesday\u2014and despite strong support for the bill by law enforcement leaders.<\/p>\n

Last month, the Senate passed\u00a0House Bill 328, which would ban the sale of intoxicating hemp products with more than 0.4 milligrams of THC in North Carolina. The bill would also prohibit the sale of any hemp products, like CBD, or natural kratom consumables to anyone under 21, and would outlaw the sale of xylazine and synthetic kratom.<\/p>\n

THC is the psychoactive compound in cannabis. Hemp business owners say that the low threshold allowed by the bill would amount to a ban on nearly all hemp products, crippling what advocates say has become a $4 billion industry that employs some 16,000 people in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

The House did not vote on the measure during its Tuesday session, and House Speaker Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, said it won\u2019t get a vote until after the election in November.<\/p>\n

House members \u201cwant to make sure they\u2019re solving the problem and not making the problem worse, or doing something with unintended consequences,\u201d Hall said. \u201cWhat I plan to do is put together a group of our members to take a look at this issue and figure out the right path forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hall on hemp bill dying in the House: \u201cWe\u2019ll continue to work on it, and I\u2019m confident something will get done.\u201d #ncpol<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/LgFDH8F1tz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bryan Anderson (@BryanRAnderson) August 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Marijuana itself is currently illegal in North Carolina. It\u2019s defined as cannabis with more than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC. But there are presently no restrictions, including age limits, on other hemp products that include other types of THC compounds.<\/p>\n

In 2015, the legislature allowed the cultivation of \u201cindustrial hemp,\u201d and then in 2018, following federal law changes, it allowed the cultivation and sale of hemp products with less than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC. This created a loophole that allowed the sale of products that contain delta-8 and delta-10, two other intoxicating THC compounds, as well as THCA, a compound that turns into delta-9 THC when burned.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement leaders say the lack of regulation has turned the state into the \u201cWild West\u201d for cannabis products. They\u2019re largely in favor of an outright ban for adults as well as children. On Tuesday, dozens of police chiefs, sheriffs and prosecutors gathered with Republican lawmakers supporting the bill.<\/p>\n

During the press conference, lawmakers and public safety officials said because North Carolina has no age limit, intoxicating hemp products are currently accessible to children. Certain products, they argue, are being marketed towards children, with brightly-colored packaging. Some even mimic popular brands of candy.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome will say this bill will put stores out of business,\u201d said Craven County Sheriff Chip Hughes.\u201cI say if a business depends primarily on selling these dangerous products to our children, then that will indeed be the result.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rep. Jimmy Dixon, R-Duplin, said lawmakers made mistakes in the past when they agreed to legalize most hemp products. He said it\u2019s time for a reset on the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re here today because there were several misguided Republicans in the House,\u201d he said. \u201cMisguided, good people, but deceived.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meantime, hundreds of employees, owners and lobbyists for hemp stores gathered in the legislative building to urge lawmakers to vote no on H328<\/a> and consider some \u201ccommon sense regulations\u201d instead of full prohibition.<\/p>\n

Eric Stahli owns Modern Apotheca in Raleigh. His wife has Crohn\u2019s disease and uses hemp products to manage her chronic pain. He agreed that stricter regulations are needed to keep these products out of the hands of children. But he says an outright ban isn\u2019t the answer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been spending the last eight years serving adults, not children, and so we\u2019re here to make sure that our House members and the public know that there are really good actors in this industry that are doing right, and we\u2019re here to get rid of the bad actors,\u201d Stahli said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are bills like\u00a0SB265<\/a> that is a regulatory framework which would establish twenty-one plus requirements, marketing restrictions towards children, and a bunch of other things including testing regulations,\u201d Chris Karis, the owner of Carolindica said \u201cBut unfortunately, that\u2019s not what we\u2019re here discussing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bill was spurred on by a looming federal ban on intoxicating hemp products enacted in last year\u2019s Farm Bill. It\u2019s scheduled to\u00a0 go into effect in November. However in June, after hemp industry lobbyists rallied to oppose the prohibition, the Trump administration sent a letter to Congress urging them to reverse the ban.<\/p>\n

After Tuesday\u2019s session, Hall said there\u2019s broad agreement among House lawmakers that something needs to be done about the lack of regulation of hemp, especially when it comes to people under 21.<\/p>\n

\u201cFolks recognize that the current state of our law is not tenable. There are basically no rules. Things being sold shouldn\u2019t be. Things being sold to kids that shouldn\u2019t be sold,\u201d Hall told reporters. \u201cThe question is what to do about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story was first published by NC Newsline.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of Mike Latimer.<\/em><\/p>\n

The post North Carolina Bill To Ban Hemp THC Products Won\u2019t Get A House Vote Until At Least November<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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