As hemp cultivation continues to grow in Tennessee, a new bill seeks to protect those in possession of industrial hemp products from being searched or their property seized by law enforcement due to the smell of cannabis.
The bill has been proposed by Senator Janice Bowling and Representative Jay D. Reedy. Under the bill, those in possession of industrial hemp or it’s isolates which do not contain more than 0.3% THC would not be subject to search and seizure based solely on their composition.
Police would also not be able to subject a person to search based solely on the detection of the odor of the cannabis plant.