3.0.0 3686 2026-02-24T16:00:42Z 2026-05-29T16:27:22Z Senate S S 2026-01-15 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3686 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2026-01-15T22:27:55Z 2026-01-15 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2026-01-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2026-01-15 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2026-01-15 True Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2026-02-11T21:36:14Z 00 2026-01-15 Introduced in Senate 2026-02-24T15:59:05Z Hemp Planting Predictability Act

This bill extends by two years the implementation of changes to the regulation of hemp products, which reimpose certain federal controls over some hemp products.

Specifically, Congress enacted the FY2026 agriculture appropriations act (P.L. 119-37) on November 12, 2025. Effective November 12, 2026, the act modifies the statutory definition of hemp products that are considered to be lawful. This bill extends the effective date to November 12, 2028.

As background, the 2018 farm bill excluded hemp from the Controlled Substances Act definition of marijuana and defined hemp. As a result, hemp and hemp-derived products at or below the 0.3% delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana) concentration threshold were no longer regulated as Schedule I controlled substances and registration with the Drug Enforcement Administration was no longer required to cultivate or handle hemp and hemp-derived products. However, hemp remained subject to Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration regulation.

The 2025 changes to the definition of hemp, include

  • changing the limit to a total THC concentration of not more than 0.3% on a dry weight basis rather than only delta-9 THC,
  • explicitly including industrial hemp,
  • excluding seeds from a cannabis plant that exceed a certain THC concentration, and
  • excluding various types of hemp-derived cannabinoid products.

Cannabinoids refer to unique chemical compounds that are found in hemp and marijuana (e.g., THC) and are known to exhibit a range of psychological and physiological effects.

]]> Hemp Planting Predictability Act Display Title 45 Hemp Planting Predictability Act 2026-02-06T03:23:20Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Hemp Planting Predictability Act 2026-02-06T03:23:18Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2026, to delay the implementation of amendments made by that Act to the hemp production provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. 2026-02-06T03:18:25Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2026-01-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s3686is/xml/BILLS-119s3686is.xml 2026-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.