Support the hybrid (SB 681) AB 606 / AB 747 (SB 682) amendment

Wisconsin hemp is in a legislative gridlock: AB 606/SB 681 and SB 682/AB 747 are stalled in separate committees, and the session window is closing fast. To break the deadlock and keep legal hemp alive, a working group of Wisconsin operators built a single “Convergence” amendment that both sides can adopt.

We didn’t write a brand-new bill from scratch. We extracted and combined the existing language already in the bills and amendments (a “vocabulary bank” approach) and merged it section-by-section to minimize new debates and maximize the odds of passage. The convergence text is designed to be responsible and enforceable: it protects consumers with age limits, labeling, packaging, and COA requirements, creates a clear DATCP licensing/registry path, includes a farmer cultivation pathway, and removes the most controversial roadblocks so the Legislature can actually move.

This is the last-chance, industry-aligned compromise to stabilize the market and protect Wisconsin businesses, jobs, and consumers.

Here is the the Methodology Memorandum:

Time is running out and this is a compromise bill comprised only language from only the two competing bills.

Here is the new bill language proposed: