Proposal to ban intoxicating hemp products stalls in Missouri Senate

By: Rebecca Rivas

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: February 12, 2026

Words: 845

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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A push for Missouri to immediately adopt planned federal limits on intoxicating hemp products ran into a filibuster in the state Senate Wednesday, with critics demanding any changes wait until national regulations go into effect in November.

Democratic state Sen. Karla May of St. Louis led the two-hour filibuster of a bill that would immediately ban hemp-derived THC beverages and edibles as soon as the legislation was passed and signed into law.

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