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California Industrial Hemp Bill Progresses

NORML

Sacramento, CA Mar 12, 2007 -- NORML is pleased to announce that Assembly Bill 684, an act to enact statewide regulations on the cultivation of industrial hemp as an agricultural commodity, has been referred to the Assembly Committee on Public Safety. If approved, this measure will to allow state-licensed farmers to cultivate hemp as an economic product. (Read the full text of the bill here: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/
07-08/bill/asm/ab_06510700/ab_684_bill_20070221_introduced.html

Last year, a version of this bill passed through the California legislature only to be vetoed by Governor Schwarzenegger. Do not let AB 684 meet the same fate! This bill will only receive serious consideration if California's elected officials hear an unmistakable message of support from their constituents.

Please take two minutes of your time to write your Representative as well as members of the Assembly Committee on Public Safety and tell him or her how important it is that they support industrial hemp. For your convenience, Committee member contact information had been included below and a pre-written letter is available here:  http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=9488166.

Jose Solorio, Chair
Dem-69 (916) 319-2069
<mailto:Assemblymember.solorio [at] assembly.ca.gov>Assemblymember.solorio [at] assembly.ca.gov

Greg Aghazarian, Vice Chair
Rep-26 (916) 319-2026
<mailto:Assemblymember.aghazarian [at] assembly.ca.gov>Assemblymember.aghazarian [at] assembly.ca.gov

Joel Anderson
Rep-77 (916) 319-2077
<mailto:Assemblymember.Anderson [at] assembly.ca.gov>Assemblymember.Anderson [at] assembly.ca.gov

Hector De La Torre
Dem-50 (916) 319-2050
<mailto:Assemblymember.DeLaTorre [at] assembly.ca.gov>Assemblymember.DeLaTorre [at] assembly.ca.gov

Mark Leno
Dem-13 (916) 319-2013
<mailto:Assemblymember.leno [at] assembly.ca.gov>Assemblymember.leno [at] assembly.ca.gov

Fiona Ma
Dem-12 (916) 319-2012
<mailto:Assemblymember.Ma [at] assembly.ca.gov>Assemblymember.Ma [at] assembly.ca.gov

Anthony J. Portantino
Dem-44 (916) 319-2044
<mailto:Assemblymember.Portantino [at] assembly.ca.gov>Assemblymember.Portantino [at] assembly.ca.gov