Agriculture Committee Report – Week 6, 2019

COMMITTEE ACTION:

SF 279 – Creating industrial hemp commodity

FLOOR ACTION:

SF 265 – Wild golden oyster mushroom sales

 

COMMITTEE ACTION:

SF 279 – Creating industrial hemp commodity

SF 279 creates an industrial hemp commodity within the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. The Department will oversee production, regulation and enforcement of industrial hemp, along with establishing fees and an appropriation. The department must conduct an annual inspection of crop sites to ensure hemp tests register less than 0.3% THC.
[2/20: short form (Absent: Kinney)]

 

FLOOR ACTION:

SF 265 – Wild golden oyster mushroom sales

SF 265 allows the sale of wild golden oyster mushrooms at farmers markets under authority of the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals.
[2/20:48-0 (Absent: Miller-Meeks; Vacant: Danielson)