Kentucky
Medical Marijuana
2023 Act No. 146 
Medical Cannabis
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2025
Ky. Rev. Stat. §§ 218A.010(27)(c) to 218A.010(27)(f) (2017)
2017 Act No. 168
Cannabidiol
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 10, 2017
2014 Act No. 112
Cannabidiol
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 10, 2014
Industrial Hemp
Ky. Rev. Stat. §§ 260.850 to 260.869 (2017)
- Creates an industrial hemp research program and a commercial licensing program to allow hemp cultivation for any legal purpose.
- The commercial growers’ license shall only be allowed subject to the legalization of hemp under federal law.
- Growers are required to use certified seeds and may import or resell certified seeds.
- Mandates the University of Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station oversee a five year hemp research program.
- Creates the Industrial Hemp Commission, attached to the Agricultural Experiment Station, to oversee, among other things, the licensing, testing and implementation of regulations and rules related to hemp.
2017 Act No. 45
Industrial Hemp
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 2017
2013 Act No. 134
Industrial Hemp
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 25, 2013
2001 Act No. 138
Industrial Hemp
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 21, 2001
History
1972 Act No. 226
Kentucky Controlled Substances Act
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1972
Resources
- Kentucky Legislature
- Kentucky Constitution
- Kentucky Statutes
- Kentucky Administrative Code
- Kentucky Session Laws
Page last updated on January 7, 2018