HB 34: Professional licensing boards; continuing education tracking solution to monitor compliance of licenses with applicable continuing education requirements; establish

HB 34 started as a bill about tracking continuing education for professional license holders, but the Senate Committee on Regulated Industries and Utilities replaced its entire text with a substitute that instead rewrites Georgia's Hemp Farming Act (O.C.G.A. Chapter 23 of Title 2). The substitute defines 'intoxicating cannabinoids' broadly to include THC variants and hexahydrocannabinol (HHC), and sets a new statewide cap: consumable hemp products cannot exceed a 0.3 percent total concentration of these compounds. The bill also sets specific milligram limits depending on the type of product, such as 10 milligrams of intoxicating cannabinoids per serving for most products, 5 milligrams per 12 ounces for drinks, and 1 milligram per milliliter for tinctures. It expands the required certificate of analysis testing, adds a new label warning that using the product before driving could violate Georgia's DUI law (O.C.G.A. 40-6-391), and keeps violations as a misdemeanor.

• Creates a new legal definition of 'intoxicating cannabinoids' covering THC variants and hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and their derivatives.
• Bans the sale of consumable hemp products whose total concentration of intoxicating cannabinoids exceeds 0.3 percent.
• Sets milligram caps on intoxicating cannabinoids by product type, including drinks, topical products, and tinctures.
• Requires a new conspicuous label warning that using the product before driving may violate Georgia's DUI law.
• Expands the certificate of analysis testing requirement to cover intoxicating cannabinoids generally, not just THC.
• Keeps violations of the labeling, testing, and concentration rules as a misdemeanor criminal offense.

Georgia hemp growers, processors, and manufacturers licensed under the Georgia Hemp Farming Act; retail and wholesale sellers of consumable hemp products such as drinks, gummies, tinctures, and topicals; registered testing laboratories; and consumers who purchase these products.

Many hemp-derived products currently sold in Georgia, including drinks and gummies containing THC or HHC, would have to meet new potency caps and testing rules or be pulled from shelves. Sellers face new labeling duties, and buyers would see explicit warnings tying product use to Georgia's DUI law.

• Section 1 revises Code Section 2-23-3 to add a definition of 'intoxicating cannabinoids' covering THC variants and HHC, and defines 'total concentration of intoxicating cannabinoids.'
• Section 2 revises Code Section 2-23-9.1 to ban sale of any consumable hemp product exceeding a 0.3 percent total concentration of intoxicating cannabinoids and expands required lab testing to cover these compounds.
• Section 2 adds a required label stating that using the product before driving may violate Georgia's DUI law (O.C.G.A. 40-6-391(a)(6)).
• Section 2 keeps violations of the labeling, testing, or concentration limits a misdemeanor.
• Section 3 revises Code Section 2-23-9.2 to set milligram limits: 10 mg per serving and 150 mg per container generally, 5 mg per 12 fluid ounces for drinks, 1,000 mg per container for topicals, and 1 mg per milliliter for tinctures.
• Section 4 repeals conflicting laws.

1. 2026-03-27Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (Senate)
2. 2026-01-12Senate Recommitted (Senate)
3. 2025-03-18Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
4. 2025-03-13Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
5. 2025-02-26Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
6. 2025-02-24House Passed/Adopted By Substitute (House)
7. 2025-02-24House Third Readers (House)
8. 2025-02-11House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (House)

• Dale Washburn (R, HD-144)Primary sponsor
• Bill Cowsert (R, SD-046)

1. PassedHouse voteFebruary 24, 2025

   171 yea, 2 nay (1 not voting, 6 absent)

   Passage: House Vote #77

• hemp regulation
• THC limits
• consumer product labeling
• cannabis law
• food and beverage safety