LINCOLN- As Nebraska's attorney general implored lawmakers Wednesday to outlaw the hemp-derived THC products for sale in more than 300 dispensary-type shops statewide, retailers pleaded with senators to regulate the industry instead. The two worldviews clashed at a hearing Wednesday afternoon in front of the Legislature's Judiciary Committee, where Attorney General Mike Hilgers testified for close to an hour in support of a bill (LB316) that seeks to ban hemp products in Nebraska that contain more than 0.3% of any strain of THC.

Introduced by Sen. Kathleen Kauth of Omaha and championed by Hilgers, the bill would close a loophole lawmakers unintentionally created in 2019 when they legalized hemp. The 2019 law required hemp-derived products to contain no more than 0.3% of Delta-9 THC, but placed no limits on the hundreds of other cannabinoids present in hemp, including Delta 8, paving the way for high-inducing flower and edible products to be sold in stores across the state with no regulatory oversight.

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