Source: Travis Fain, WRAL, 10/24/19


House and Senate negotiators struck a deal on the farm act Thursday, agreeing to outlaw smokable hemp come June of next year. That breaks the logjam on one of the weightier bills still outstanding as the General Assembly heads toward at least a temporary close. Senate Bill 315 is a wide-ranging measure, with language dealing with sweet potatoes, hog farms and skeet shooting. But it was the state's attempt to set up a new regulatory structure for hemp that generated the most controversy and deadlocked key House and Senate leaders.

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