Industrial hemp bill being discussed in Arizona Senate Committee

KVOA
Brought in front of an Arizona senate committee Monday, the bill, SB 1225, proposes bringing together a 10 person study group to look at the benefits and economic opportunities of industrial hemp production.
http://www.kvoa.com/story/28122312/industrial-hemp-bill-being-discussed-in-arizona-senate-committee

New Bill Would Establish an Industrial Hemp Study Committee

Tuckson Weekly
State Sen. Lynne Pancrazi, a Democrat from Yuma, has introduced a bill asking for the creation of an industrial hemp study committee to examine the economic opportunities associated with the industry and to review actions the federal government and other states regarding hemp.
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2015/01/30/new-bill-would-establish-an-industrial-hemp-study-committee

Measure would legalize hemp farming in Arizona

Phoenix Business Journal
A Gilbert-based group called HOW Arizona has filed paperwork for a ballot initiative for the 2016 elections. It would allow for industrial hemp farming in the state by permitted and regulated producers. It would allow for hemp farming research grants to administered by the Arizona Department of Agriculture.

Organizers need to collect more than 150,600 valid voter petition signatures by July 2016 to qualify for the ballot.
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2014/12/22/measure-would-legalize-hemp-farming-in-arizona.html 

Group seeks to put hemp farm on Arizona ballot

azdailysun.com
Arizonans may get a chance to decide if they want to let farmers here grow an industrial -- and not psychoactive -- version of marijuana.

In essence, the measure would empower the state Department of Agriculture to license people to grow hemp. This essentially is marijuana but with a concentration of THC, the psychoactive element, that is no greater than three-tenths of one percent.

The organization, Hemp Our World, needs 150,642 valid signatures on petitions by July 7, 2016, to put it on the general election ballot that year.
http://azdailysun.com/news/local/state-and-regional/group-seeks-to-put-hemp-farm-on-arizona-ballot/article_a4fb4d8b-f97f-5d35-90a7-1b8d2e431a78.html