                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGULATIONS (§ 3.2-4114)

A. The Board may adopt regulations pursuant to this article as necessary to
register persons to grow, handle, or process industrial hemp or implement the
provisions of this article.

B. Upon publication by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the Federal
Register of any final rule regarding industrial hemp that materially expands
opportunities for growing, producing, or handling industrial hemp in the
Commonwealth, the Board shall immediately adopt amendments conforming Department
regulations to such federal final rule. Such adoption of regulations by the
Board shall be exempt from the provisions of the Administrative Process Act
(&#xA7; 2.2-4000 et seq.).

HISTORY: 2015, cc. 158, 180; 2018, cc. 689, 690; 2019, cc. 653, 654; 2020, c.
620; 2023, cc. 744, 794.