TO ALLOW REGULATION OF HEMP PRODUCTS BY ARKANSAS TOBACCO CONTROL; AND TO AMEND THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT TO REMOVE CERTAIN SUBSTANCES THAT ARE DEFINED AS HEMP PRODUCTS.

Senate Bill 455, as amended, sought to regulate hemp products in Arkansas and revise the Uniform Controlled Substances Act regarding hemp-defined substances. The bill would have limited the retail serving size of hemp products to 50 milligrams of cannabinoids and required them to be tested by accredited laboratories. Arkansas Tobacco Control would have been responsible for regulating and enforcing these new provisions. The bill's effectiveness was contingent on the outcome of a specific lawsuit concerning existing hemp product regulations; if the lawsuit upheld the legality of the prior act, SB 455 would have been repealed.