Denver,
CO (May 4, 2013)—The Missouri Hemp Network announces that SB 13-241, the Hemp
Farming bill in Colorado, goes now to
the House of Representatives for a floor vote after it has passed unanimously out
of the House Appropriations and House Agriculture Committee.
As
other states sputter along with non-votes or underwhelming research hemp bills
which are just repetitive of past studies, Colorado seemingly shows us the
way. Their Hemp farming bill passed
unanimously out of the Senate Agriculture committee and then the Senate
Appropriations. It passed out of the
Senate without contest.
Steven
Wilson of the Missouri Hemp Network had this to say about the vote, “Colorado
is leading by example. Their politicians
are using the utility of a thing rather than the theory of it. Their growing pains will take place, but the
outcome will be prosperity. Hemp is not
activism, it is economics.”
Wilson
noted that some twenty states now have Hemp legislation pending this year. But Colorado, Washington, and North Dakota
again seem to have the path. Kentucky
passed SB 50, but the Governor issued a non-vote of confidence by not signing
it nor issuing a veto.
Whether
or not SB 358, the Missouri Hemp farming bill, becomes law is a guess at this
moment, but there is one thing quite clear.
Colorado understands the market device and is listening to the voters. With annual sales of over 500 million in
2012, it seems only Colorado wants that wealth or job creation.
Wilson
added, “It does take a certain level of maturity to farm Hemp. It is not just the farmer or the supply
chain, but the entire area. Canada had
growing pains and has gone through adaptation.
Now, their farmers produce something the market can bear. To farm Hemp you need courage, vision, and
integrity. Not all states are the same.”
To contact Steven Wilson at the Missouri Hemp Network you can call
573-416-0075 or you can go to http://missourihempnetwork.blogspot.com/ or
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