Hemp entrepreneurs in Florida receive a reprieve — at least for another month

By: Mitch Perry

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: September 4, 2026

Words: 605

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago


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Included in a congressional continuing resolution that President Trump signed Wednesday to fund the federal government through Dec. 11 is a provision that delays most of impending federal hemp restrictions that were set to go into effect on Nov. 12.

Those restrictions — approved in an appropriations bill signed into law nearly a year ago — would change the federal definition of legal hemp to a “total THC standard” that eliminates approximately …

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