By an overwhelmingly bi-partisan vote by the North Carolina Senate, North Carolina moves closer to legalizing medical marijuana and imposing a regulatory framework on hemp products.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2023

HOUSE BILL 563
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/21/23
Committee Substitute #2 Favorable 8/16/23
Committee Substitute #3 Favorable 9/21/23
Senate Judiciary Committee Substitute Adopted 6/13/24
Senate Finance Committee Substitute Adopted 6/18/24
Senate Judiciary Committee Substitute Adopted 6/19/24
Eighth Edition Engrossed 6/24/24

Short Title: Hemp-Derived Consumables/Con Sub Changes. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

April 5, 2023

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF HEMP-DERIVED CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS, TO IMPOSE AN EXCISE TAX ON THOSE PRODUCTS, TO BAN THOSE PRODUCTS FROM SCHOOL GROUNDS, TO PLACE TIANEPTINE, XYLAZINE, AND KRATOM ON THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SCHEDULES, TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION AND UNLAWFUL SALE OF EMBALMING FLUID AND TO MAKE OTHER TECHNICAL REVISIONS, TO CREATE NEW CRIMINAL OFFENSES FOR EXPOSING A CHILD TO A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO ENACT THE NORTH CAROLINA COMPASSIONATE CARE ACT, AND TO REQUIRE CERTAIN EDUCATION ABOUT OPIOIDS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

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