0134857167BF50DE87258258007096FA Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2018A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For SB18-205SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, & ENERGYDate Mar 22, 2018 Location SCR 357 SB18-205 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2018A/commsumm.nsf/0/55BFD62E02D0...$File/180322 AttachE.pdf?OpenElement 180322 AttachE.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2018A/commsumm.nsf/0/7499FB63B545...$File/180322 AttachD.pdf?OpenElement 180322 AttachD.pdf 02:29:50 PM Senator Marble and Senator Coram, co-prime sponsors, discussed the provisions of Senate Bill 18-205 concerning industrial hemp designation as an agricultural product. This bill adds unprocessed industrial hemp seeds to the definition of a commodity, and industrial hemp to the definition of farm products. A commodity handler for unprocessed industrial hemp seeds will be subject to licensing under the Commodity Handler Act. A person acting as a dealer, small-volume dealer, or agent for industrial hemp stocks, leaves, clones, and flowers will be subject to licensing under the Farm Products Act. Under current law, industrial hemp registration fees are based on the size and use of the land area on which the industrial hemp operations are conducted. This bill authorizes the Commissioner of Agriculture to set fees sufficient to cover the direct and indirect costs of the Industrial Hemp Program. 02:32:10 PM Tim Gordon, Colorado Hemp Industry Association, spoke in support of the bill and distributed a letter of support for the bill [Attachment D].. 02:34:31 PM Damion Farris, Colorado Cultivars, spoke in support of the bill. 02:36:05 PM Hunter Buffingtons, Colorado Hemp Industries Association, spoke in support of the bill and distributed his testimony to the committee [Attachment E]. 02:38:12 PM Duane Sinning, Seed Cooridinator of the Hemp Program, Colorado Department of Agriculture, spoke in support of the bill. 02:39:06 PM Hollis Glenn, Director, Inspection & Consumer Services Division, Colorado Department of Agriculture, spoke in support of the bill. 02:43:43 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 18-205 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Moved Marble Seconded Cooke Yes Coram Yes Donovan Excused Fenberg Excused Fields Yes Garcia Yes Kerr Yes Marble Yes Scott Yes Baumgardner Yes Sonnenberg Yes Final YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS