CT · 2026-10-01 · STATUTE EFFECTIVE THURSDAY
Connecticut's THC-beverage overhaul takes effect Thursday.
On October 1, Public Act 26-8 §§ 93–98 takes effect. The THC-infused-beverage cap rises from 3 mg to 5 mg total THC per container at package stores and manufacturer premises, and 10 mg per container at dispensary facilities, hybrid retailers and retailers, with a ±10% lab variance; the package limit rises from 4 to 12 containers (the 12-fluid-ounce minimum stays); manufacturer-premises beverage sales become lawful; and beverages must carry the ASTM D8441 intoxicating-cannabinoid symbol alongside the 21+ symbol. Over-cap products are 'high-THC beverages,' manufacturable only for export outside Connecticut, and out-of-state laboratories may now test infused beverages. The same date renames 'marijuana' to 'cannabis' and expands it to include high-THC hemp products and manufactured cannabinoids; the moderate-THC hemp product band (0.5–5 mg total THC per container) is unchanged.
Conn. PA 26-8 §§ 16, 93–98 (eff. Oct. 1, 2026), as amended by PA 26-100 §§ 49, 55
2026-09-14
Colorado's amended hemp cultivation rules took effect.
Amendments to the Department of Agriculture's industrial hemp program rules took effect September 14 (adopted July 22; published in the Colorado Register August 25). The changes are confined to the cultivation program — grower registration and reporting, planting deadlines, fees, crop sampling and testing, disposal of non-compliant crops, and the total-THC compliance standard applied to crops in the field. Requirements for finished consumer hemp products, including labeling under 6 CCR 1010-24, are unchanged.
8 CCR 1203-23 (amended, adopted 07/22/2026, eff. 09/14/2026)
2026-09-02
Congress delayed most of the federal hemp overhaul.
Pub. L. 119-103 provides that until December 11, 2026 the P.L. 119-37 s 781 amendments reach only products containing cannabinoids the plant cannot naturally produce. The total-THC definition that counts THCA, the 0.4 mg combined per-container cap, the 0.3 percent intermediate cap and the synthesized-cannabinoid exclusion now apply from December 11 rather than November 12. The non-natural cannabinoid exclusion keeps its November 12 date.
Pub. L. 119-103 Div. B § 2019; P.L. 119-37 Div. B § 781
2026-07-30
North Carolina's hemp overhaul is still waiting on a House floor vote.
The Senate adopted the HB 328 conference report on July 2; the House referred it to its Rules Committee on July 30 and has not voted. The bill is NOT law, and none of its provisions apply unless the House adopts it and the Governor signs. If enacted, its under-21 sale ban would take effect immediately, and its total-THC redefinition — with a 0.4 mg total-THC-per-container cap and a synthetic-cannabinoid ban — on November 12, 2026.
NC HB 328 (2025), conference report H328-PCCS30639-CE-1
2026-08-10
Texas's delta-8 Schedule I listing stays in force.
Hemp businesses' emergency request to pause the rule was denied on August 10, so the listing remains effective statewide. A fuller injunction request is still pending before the court.
2026-08-06
Missouri's November 12 hemp ban is under federal challenge; no injunction has issued.
The Missouri Hemp Trade Association and two companies are challenging HB 2641's ban on intoxicating hemp products in federal court, on unconstitutional-vagueness, dormant-Commerce-Clause and Farm Bill preemption grounds. The State moved to dismiss on August 6, arguing the plaintiffs lack standing, and no ruling on that motion — and no restraining order or injunction — has issued. The ban's November 12, 2026 effective date stands.
Mo. Hemp Trade Ass'n v. Kehoe, No. 2:26-cv-04170 (W.D. Mo., filed July 16, 2026)
2026-07-27
Maryland's proposed labeling amendments remain just proposals.
Proposed amendments to COMAR 14.17 — covering labeling, medical-claims limits, youth-appeal packaging, and a new sublingual-pouch category — closed public comment on July 27. They are not adopted, and current requirements are unchanged.
COMAR 14.17 (proposed amendments)
2026-07-21
Arkansas's consumable hemp product directory is still empty.
The 90-day listing window under Ark. Code § 20-56-514(d) closed in late July with no products listed — on the directory's face, no consumable hemp product may currently be retailed in Arkansas. The agency states the directory updates monthly.
Ark. Code § 20-56-514(d); ATC-CH5 directory
2026-08-19
Idaho posted a third draft of its rule keeping retail THC hemp banned.
After public comment on the Idaho State Department of Agriculture's draft amendment to IDAPA 02.01.07 closed August 14 with zero comments filed, the agency posted a third draft on August 19. No proposed or adopted rule text has been published. The drafts to date keep a non-detectable-THC standard for end products, which would keep virtually all retail THC hemp products banned; adopted or pending rule text will appear in an upcoming ISDA Administrative Bulletin.
IDAPA 02.01.07; ISDA Docket 02-0107-2601
2026-02-10
FDA's federally required cannabinoid lists are seven months overdue.
The lists required by P.L. 119-37 § 781(3) — naturally producible cannabinoids, THC-class cannabinoids, and other THC-like cannabinoids — were due February 10, 2026 and have not been published. Until they are, the line between natural and non-natural cannabinoids rests on the statutory text alone.
P.L. 119-37 § 781(3)
2026-04-28
Marijuana rescheduling: the narrow rule is final, the broad one is pending.
A final rule at 91 FR 22714 moved FDA-approved products containing marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III. It does not change the federal hemp definition at 7 U.S.C. § 1639o. A broader marijuana rescheduling proposal at 91 FR 22777 remains pending, and states may keep stricter schedules than the federal government.
91 FR 22714 (Apr. 28, 2026)
