# 119-hr-7212: Hemp Enforcement, Modernization, and Protection Act 119-hr-7212, Hemp Enforcement, Modernization, and Protection Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7212 - As of: 2026-09-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-7212 - Congress: 119 - Title: Hemp Enforcement, Modernization, and Protection Act - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2026-01-22 - Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA) - Cosponsors: 7 - Policy area: Health - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-09-21 ## Summary **Would create a new federal regulatory category for cannabinoid hemp products.** It would set national definitions, product-form rules, premarket notifications, manufacturing and testing standards, age limits, recall authority, and enforcement tools for inhalable, oral, and topical cannabinoid hemp items. ## Cosponsors (7) - Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2] (R-TX), 2026-02-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2026-02-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2026-02-11T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] (R-IN), 2026-02-11T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. James, John [R-MI-10] (R-MI), 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Default cannabinoid content limits: benefit, low. If enacted, the Secretary would have to propose a rule within 60 days and finalize content limits within 3 years for cannabinoids in oral, inhalable, and topical products. If no final rule appears in 3 years, default limits would apply: oral products 10 mg per serving and 50 mg per package; inhalab… - New rules for adulterated products: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would define when a cannabinoid hemp product is 'adulterated.' Products would be adulterated if they are contaminated, made in insanitary conditions, or exceed the bill's cannabinoid limits. Products would also be adulterated if they include certain added substances (for exampl… - New cannabinoid advisory committee: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would create a 16-member Cannabinoid Hemp Products Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary. Members would include FDA officials, doctors and scientists, a state regulator, a public member, industry nonvoting consultants, and a grower. Most members would be barred from taking… - New facility registration and inspections: cost, medium. If enacted, facilities that make, pack, import, label, or hold cannabinoid hemp products would have to register with the Secretary. Existing facilities would have to register within 1 year, and new facilities within 60 days of first engaging in activity. Registrations would repeat every two years a… - Product listings and inhalable premarket notices: cost, medium. If enacted, the person responsible for each cannabinoid hemp product would have to list it with the Secretary. Non-inhalable products would be listed within 120 days of first marketing and inhalable products within 90 days. Currently marketed products would meet special one-year listing deadlines.… - New manufacturing and inhalable rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Secretary would set uniform manufacturing and testing rules for cannabinoid hemp products and could rely on recognized third-party standards. Inhalable products would face strict rules on permitted ingredients, solvents, and pesticide residues. Most aerosol inhalable products would… - Mandatory recalls and new penalties: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Secretary could require a voluntary recall and then order a mandatory recall when a cannabinoid hemp product poses a reasonable probability of serious health harm or death. Responsible parties would get an initial chance to recall; an informal hearing must occur within 10 days after… - Defines cannabinoids and public list: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would define 'cannabinoid' broadly to include named cannabinoids, synthetic equivalents, and plant-derived CB1/CB2 agonists. The Secretary would publish an initial public list on HHS's website within 1 year and could update it periodically. The list would clarify which chemical… - New labeling and misbranding rules: mixed, low. If enacted, packaged cannabinoid hemp products would need specific labels. Labels would have maker contact, an amount statement, a front-of-package statement that it is a cannabinoid hemp product, ingredient lists, serving size and number of servings for oral products, and per-serving and per-packa… - Which cannabinoid products are covered: mixed, low. If enacted, products that contain or claim to contain listed cannabinoids and are for people or animals would be called 'cannabinoid hemp products.' The bill would exclude approved drugs, licensed biologics, approved devices, regulated food additives used as allowed, and certain cultivated Cannabis… - Which cannabinoid products would be banned: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would define inhalable, oral, and topical product types and set rules for when a product is 'prohibited.' For example, inhalable and topical products would be prohibited if their inhalable or topical material exceeded 0.3% total intoxicating cannabinoid by weight. Oral products… ## Related bills - 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 - 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025 - 119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act - 119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act - 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act - 119-hr-7024: Hemp Planting Predictability Act ## Sources - [119-hr-7212 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7212) ## Related - [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877) - [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151) - [119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4382) - [119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1628) - [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842) - [119-hr-7024: Hemp Planting Predictability Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7024) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7212 (as of 2026-09-21).