SR 427: Senate Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products; create

Georgia's hemp laws, including the 2019 Georgia Hemp Farming Act and a 2024 law regulating consumable hemp products, limit delta-9-THC levels but do not restrict other cannabinoids like delta-8-THC, THCA, or HHC, which the resolution says can also be intoxicating and potentially dangerous. This resolution creates the Senate Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products to look into the issue before any new restrictions are written into law. The committee will have five senators appointed by the President of the Senate, one of whom will chair it. It can hold meetings, study the problem, and recommend legislation. Members get standard legislative allowances for up to five days unless more are approved, funded through the Senate's budget. Any report must be approved by a majority of a quorum and filed with the Secretary of the Senate before the committee is abolished on December 31, 2025.

• Creates the Senate Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products, made up of five senators appointed by the President of the Senate.
• Directs the committee to study intoxicating cannabinoids in hemp products, such as delta-8-THC and HHC, and recommend legislation if needed.
• Allows the chairperson to call meetings at any time or place needed to carry out the study.
• Sets legislative allowances for committee members for up to five days of work, funded from the Senate's existing budget, unless more days are authorized.
• Requires any adopted findings or recommendations to be approved by majority vote and filed as a report with the Secretary of the Senate.
• Abolishes the committee automatically on December 31, 2025.

Georgia senators appointed to the committee, the consumable hemp and cannabis product industry, law enforcement officers, government regulatory agencies, and members of the public who use or sell hemp-derived products containing cannabinoids like delta-8-THC or HHC.

The committee's work could shape future Georgia restrictions on intoxicating hemp-derived substances currently sold with few limits, affecting what products hemp retailers can legally sell and what consumers can buy, while giving industry and law enforcement a chance to weigh in before any new rules take effect.

• Paragraph 1 creates the Senate Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products.
• Paragraph 2 sets the committee at five Senate-appointed members with a chairperson designated by the President of the Senate.
• Paragraph 3 charges the committee with studying the issue and recommending action or legislation.
• Paragraph 5 caps paid allowances at five days per member unless additional days are approved, funded through Senate appropriations.
• Paragraph 6 requires majority approval of any report before filing with the Secretary of the Senate, with meeting minutes filed instead if no report is approved.
• Paragraph 7 abolishes the committee on December 31, 2025.

1. 2025-04-02Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
2. 2025-03-28Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
3. 2025-03-28Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
4. 2025-03-21Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
5. 2025-03-20Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Kay Kirkpatrick (R, SD-32)Primary sponsor
• Sam Watson (R, SD-11)
• Bill Cowsert (R, SD-46)
• Randy Robertson (R, SD-29)
• Sonya Halpern (D, SD-39)
• John Albers (R, SD-56)

1. PassedSenate voteApril 2, 2025

   52 yea, 0 nay (3 not voting, 1 excused)

   CONSENT CALENDAR FOR SENATE STUDY COMMITTEES: Senate Vote #380

• hemp regulation
• cannabinoids
• delta-8 THC
• consumable hemp products
• legislative study committees