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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 158<\/a> and 180<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2018, chapters 689<\/a> and 690<\/a>; in 2019, chapters 653<\/a> and 654<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 620<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 744<\/a> and 794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73208,"section_number":"3.2-4114.2","catch_line":"Authority of Commissioner; notice to law enforcement; report","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4114.2\/"},{"id":66127,"section_number":"3.2-4116","catch_line":"Registration conditions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4116\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":86911,"section_number":"2.2-4000","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4000\/"}],"permalink":{"id":196203,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57850,"identifier":"3.2-4114","token":"3.2\/III\/41.1\/2\/3.2-4114","url":"\/3.2-4114\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4114\/","token":"3.2\/III\/41.1\/2\/3.2-4114","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4114","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Board<\/span> may adopt regulations pursuant to this article as necessary to register persons to grow<\/span>, handle<\/span>, or process<\/span> industrial hemp<\/span> or implement the provisions of this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Upon publication by the U.S. Department<\/span> of Agriculture in the Federal Register of any final rule regarding industrial hemp<\/span> that materially expands opportunities for growing, producing, or handling industrial hemp<\/span> in the Commonwealth, the Board<\/span> shall immediately adopt amendments conforming Department<\/span> regulations to such federal final rule. Such adoption of regulations by the Board<\/span> shall be exempt from the provisions of the Administrative Process<\/span> Act (§ 2.2-4000<\/a> et seq.). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATIONS (\u00a7 3.2-4114)\n\nA. The Board may adopt regulations pursuant to this article as necessary to\nregister persons to grow, handle, or process industrial hemp or implement the\nprovisions of this article.\n\nB. Upon publication by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the Federal\nRegister of any final rule regarding industrial hemp that materially expands\nopportunities for growing, producing, or handling industrial hemp in the\nCommonwealth, the Board shall immediately adopt amendments conforming Department\nregulations to such federal final rule. Such adoption of regulations by the\nBoard shall be exempt from the provisions of the Administrative Process Act\n(§ 2.2-4000 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 2015, cc. 158, 180; 2018, cc. 689, 690; 2019, cc. 653, 654; 2020, c.\n620; 2023, cc. 744, 794.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}