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2014 House Bill 5439: Permit growing industrial hemp for research
Public Act 547 of 2014
Introduced by Rep. Kevin Daley R-Attica on March 27, 2014
To allow the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and/or a Michigan college or university to grow or cultivate industrial hemp for research purposes. The bill would also authorize creating a segregated state fund to provide grants for this research. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Agriculture Committee on March 27, 2014
Reported in the House on May 14, 2014
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Received in the Senate on May 27, 2014
Referred to the Senate Agriculture Committee on May 27, 2014
Reported in the Senate on December 9, 2014
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder on January 10, 2015