Bill > AB2223

This bill: - Allows cannabis licensees to manufacture, process, distribute, or sell products that contain industrial hemp or cannabinoids, extracts, or derivatives from industrial hemp, as long as the products comply with all applicable state laws and regulations. - Authorizes licensed manufacturers or microbusinesses to obtain industrial hemp from registered hemp manufacturers and requires the industrial hemp to be tracked as a separate batch through the manufacturing process. - Prohibits licensed manufacturers from incorporating THC or comparable cannabinoids that have been converted from hemp-derived cannabinoids, and prohibits licensed retailers and distributors from selling or distributing products containing such converted cannabinoids. - Revises and recasts provisions of the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law regulating industrial hemp, including redefining certain terms, expanding restrictions on THC levels, and prohibiting the manufacture, distribution, or sale of industrial hemp products containing synthetically derived cannabinoids unless authorized by the department. - Establishes a separate process for the embargo, condemnation, and destruction of industrial hemp products, giving authority to seize or embargo those products to peace officers or state officials with seizure authority. - In certain circumstances, establishes a presumption that any product containing or purporting to contain any cannabinoid is a cannabis product, unless there is reasonable cause to believe it is authorized as an industrial hemp product.