Sen. Abby Lee, opening the debate in the Senate today on HB 122a, the amended hemp legalization bill, said, “There are some good things in these amendments. … We expect this to start immediately … to work on these issues, to develop rules and a process so that this can be an option for our growers in Idaho. That’s all it does.” She added, “It doesn’t automatically legalize something until we get to a state plan.”
“This is an agriculture issue,” Lee, R-Fruitland, told the Senate. “This gives us maybe a small step … forward to allow our growers an option.”
Sen. Jim Rice, R-Caldwell, spoke in favor of the bill. “Under our current code hemp is marijuana,” he said. “This will allow us to differentiate.”
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