Hemp products that create a similar “high” as marijuana will soon disappear from most Missouri store shelves.
On Thursday, Gov. Mike Kehoe signed HB 2641, which will cap intoxicating hemp products at no more than 0.4 milligrams of THC per serving, restrict sales to state-licensed marijuana dispensaries, require buyers to be 21 or older, and apply marijuana-style testing, packaging, and labeling rules.
“We’ve talked about this for a long time. It’s been an issue that’s unfortunately been around our children for a long time,” Kehoe said before signing the bill. “Missouri needs to be a place where it’s safe to be able to have your children get access to a product that doesn’t include harmful intoxicants.”
The House bill was sponsored by State Rep. Dave Hinman, R-O’Fallon, and co-sponsored by State Sen. David Gregory, R-St. Louis County.
“We are eliminating and banning things like this…see right here? It looks like an Oreo package, but it actually has THC in it, marijuana,” he said. “And they’re labeling it as hemp, and they’re illegally selling it as hemp, and we are putting an end to that.”
The Missouri Hemp Trade Association strongly opposed the bill, saying it would “wipe out” small businesses within the hemp industry.
The new law takes effect November 12, the same day a federal ban begins on intoxicating hemp products.
Thursday’s bill signings included HB 2061, which requires K-12 public schools, charter schools, community colleges, and universities to clearly define antisemitism. They must monitor and investigate any antisemitic incidents or acts of violence on campus. State Rep. George Hruza, R-St. Louis County, sponsored the bill.
“What I was seeing after October 7th massacres of Jews in Israel, that anti-Semitism reared its ugly head in the United States,” Hruza said. “I had not experienced it before then.”
Hruza is the son of a Holocaust survivor. The new law takes effect August 28.
Gov. Kehoe also signed:
- HB 2934 — merges the St. Louis Regional Sports Authority and the St. Louis Regional Convention and Visitors Commission into one entity
- HB 2423 — creates a new fund for depositing money collected from consumer credit licensing fees
The 2026 Missouri legislative session ends May 15.
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