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US labor agency: Ruling says cannabis trimmers, grow-room employees can’t unionize because they qualify as agricultural laborers

Cannabis Law Report

Marijuana cultivators, trimmers, sorters and packagers can’t form unions because they qualify as agricultural laborers, according to… Read More. The post US labor agency: Ruling says cannabis trimmers, grow-room employees can’t unionize because they qualify as agricultural laborers first appeared on Cannabis Law Report.

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Illinois Hemp regulation battle continues

Illinois News Joint

Lightford , Senate Bill 3926 , which the Cannabis Business Association of Illinois (CannabizIL) presented at a press conference yesterday, sets forth provisions concerning applications, licensure, marketing, sales, labeling, transportation, testing, penalties, and emergency rulemaking by the Department of Agriculture. La Shawn K.

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Illinois adopts new craft grow canopy rules

Illinois News Joint

22, 2024, for “establishing a process through which craft cannabis growers may apply to DOA ( Illinois Department of Agriculture ) to increase canopy space in increments of 3,000 square feet up to the maximum allowed under the Act for craft growers (changed since 1st Notice from a maximum of 14,000 square feet).”

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Illinois Senate creates cannabis omnibus

Illinois News Joint

The first amendment adds that a “craft grower may contain up to 14,000 square feet (instead of 5,000) of canopy space on its premises for plants in the flowering state, which must be cultivated in all stages of growth in an enclosed and secure area.”

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New hemp bills in conflict with IDOA proposed amendments

Illinois News Joint

HB5306 and SB3790 are in direct conflict with proposed amendments the Illinois Department of Agriculture released in December 2023, which included administrative rules that would add THCa and delta-9 THC to the total concentration level limits of 0.3%.

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Illinois proposes expanded canopy space for craft growers

Illinois News Joint

The Illinois General Assembly Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) released this new proposed rulemaking amendment along with other criteria and rule changes. IDOA shall notify a craft grower at least 120 days prior to decreasing its canopy space.

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Illinois again proposes expanded canopy space for craft growers

Illinois News Joint

d) The Department may decrease a craft grower’s canopy space by 3,000 square feet if the craft grower has sold less than 50% of its packaged product consistently over the previous two fiscal quarters preceding the notice to decrease canopy space. The rulemaking was first proposed Oct.