Louisiana Act 233 (HB 12, 2025) amends UCDSL hemp-related provisions and creates new consumable hemp product offenses (effective Aug 1, 2025)

Louisiana Act 233 (HB 12, 2025 Regular Session) creates new crimes and penalties related to consumable hemp products and explicitly amends Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law-related provisions (including R.S. 40:961.1 and R.S. 40:966(A)(3), per the official résumé digest). Compliance impact: entities manufacturing, distributing, or selling consumable hemp products in Louisiana must implement age-gating and distribution controls, and review product/regulatory conformity requirements to avoid the new criminal exposure; the act also adjusts the boundary/operation of the UCDSL industrial hemp exemption and related controlled-substance applicability. The résumé digest states an effective date of August 1, 2025.