• 29statesintroducedhemplegislation• 4NEWhempstates• 31stateswithhemplaws• 17.2kconstituentactions

37 States the received education & legislative support from Vote Hemp

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The map below represents advocates in each state that made calls or sent letters to Congress in support of the Industrial Hemp Farming Act. Between January and December 2016 nearly 4k advocates took action 17.2k times. In 2015, a little more than 10,000 actions were recorded by Vote Hemp’s advocacy database. Vote Hemp met it’s 2016 goal to record 15k actions of support for S. 134 and H.R. 525 before the end of the year.

Florida HB 307 3/28/2016Alabama HB 393 5/10/2016Pennsylvania HB 967 7/20/2016Rhode Island HB 8232 7/18/16

NEW HempStates2016

29 Hemp Bills Introduced * state with previous hemp law, new progress

1. Alabama HB 393 (won)2. California Prop 64* (won)3. Florida HB 307 (won)4. Georgia HB 7045. Hawaii SB 411*, SB 2659, SB 2700, SB 2757, SB 2787, HB 203*, HB 1969, HB 25556. Illinois SB 24067. Indiana SB 291, SB 258, HB 1158, HB 1228, HB 10988. Kansas HB 26349. Louisiana HB 107510. Massachusetts A 417011. Maryland HB 443* (won)12. Minnesota HF 14*13. Mississippi HB 135914. Missouri SB 822, SB 912, HJR 57, HB 2038, HB 1390, HB 2160

15. Nebraska LR 57316. New Jersey A 271917. New Mexico SB 3, HB 75, HB 14818. New York HB 406019. Oregon HB4060*20. Pennsylvania SB 50, HB 967 (won)21. Rhode Island SB 2420, HB 8232 (won)22. South Carolina HB 434023. South Dakota HB 105424. Tennessee SB 1611* (won)25. Utah SB 89, HB 58*26. Virginia SB 691 (won)27. Washington SB 6206 (won)28. West Virginia HCR 124, HB 280729. Wisconsin SB 649*, AB 215*

Hemp bills passed and enacted

Hemp bills introduced

2016 Hemp Legislation Map

States with enacted hemp laws

States with enacted hemp laws and active hemp pilot programs

HempStates–2016

Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia (Bold: cultivating state)

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