Vol. 1, Ed. 86 — Sat Nov 7: Illinois THC drinks must exit shelves Wednesday

Illinois businesses face a November 12 deadline to pull hemp THC drinks; Missouri's AG promises more retailer lawsuits as the state ban survives a court challenge; Texas and Wisconsin election results reshape 2027 outlooks. For general information only — not legal advice.

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This is the New Realm Compliance Brief, Volume one, Edition eighty six, for Saturday, November seventh.

Our top story: Illinois businesses have until Wednesday, November twelfth, to pull hemp derived THC drinks from their shelves. The state law signed by Governor J B Pritzker in June caps hemp THC at four tenths of a milligram per container, moving stronger products exclusively into licensed cannabis dispensaries. Chicago brewers are winding down their infused lines, and Marz Community Brewing founder Ed Marszewski said the company will have to lay people off. A hemp industry group has filed an emergency motion for a restraining order, arguing the law is unconstitutional.

At the federal level, the December eleventh hemp recriminalization date still holds. Illinois Governor Pritzker, Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton and Senator Tammy Duckworth published a congressional agenda calling for the deadline to take effect without further delay, while Texas Hemp Business Council executive director Mark Bordas said he believes the administration supports extending it. No bill moving the date has advanced.

Around the states: Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced lawsuits against four retailers accused of selling marijuana as hemp, and said more lawsuits are coming, after a federal judge let the state's hemp ban stand. That ban takes effect November twelfth, with beverages exempt until December eleventh. In Texas, hemp industry leaders said statewide election results improve the odds that hemp THC products return to shelves. And in Wisconsin, advocates expect a legalization bill early in the twenty twenty seven session under the state's new Democratic majority.

On the radar: state hemp caps take effect in Missouri and Illinois on November twelfth, the federal deadline follows on December eleventh, and alcohol producers have until January fifteenth of twenty twenty seven to remove Red Number Three dye from their beverages.

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