---
type: "Bill"
title: "Urge Congress to amend the federal Controlled Substances Act to remove hemp from the definition of marijuana."
description: "Urge Congress to amend the federal Controlled Substances Act to remove hemp from the definition of marijuana."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HCR 35"
citation: "Kentucky HCR 35 (2018RS)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DJ Johnson", "K. Moser"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e3d681f-6abd-4a55-a033-09f8a4484540"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HCR35.htm"
source_hash: "692bb759068ccec7aff6b2f8f01adc142d363d62c4a54c5a2f224a3b2f6dc44f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HCR 35 (2018RS) — Urge Congress to amend the federal Controlled Substances Act to remove hemp from the definition of marijuana.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HC35/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-12** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-13** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 14, 2018
- **2018-02-14** 3rd reading, passed 93-2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-15** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-16** To Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 21, 2018
- **2018-03-21** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22** Received in House
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-22** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 73) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e3d681f-6abd-4a55-a033-09f8a4484540`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).