Illinois’s new hemp ban delayed pending court hearing; law restricts sale of CBD, hemp products

In a joint court filing Friday, both sides in a lawsuit over the state’s new hemp law have agreed Illinois will hold off on enforcing it.In a filing in U.S District Court Northern District of Illinois Easter Division, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the other state defendants in the suit have agreed “to not undertake any enforcement action” regarding the Hemp Act against the plaintiff or members of the Illinois Healthy Alternatives Association until Nov. 19.Hemp growers and CBD-based businesses have been preparing for a Nov. 12 ban on much of their products. Under the ban, non-intoxicating CBD products with less than 0.4 milligrams of THC would be allowed for sale outside of dispensaries. Those with over 0.4 milligrams would not.Signed in June by Gov. JB Pritzker, Senate Bill 3222 introduced new regulations for hemp products including banning the sale of products that also contain delta-8 THC. The law places what it calls intoxicating hemp under the state’s existing cannabis