After two years of fits and starts, extensive legislation changing recreational cannabis laws and banning so-called intoxicating hemp, including hemp-derived beverages, will head to Gov. Mike DeWine.

If signed, the final version of Senate Bill 56 that cleared the Ohio Senate on Tuesday afternoon bans most intoxicating hemp within 90 days but gives those THC and CBD beverages more runway, mirroring the timeline of recent federal action against hemp.

As for the adult-use marijuana legalized under Issue 2, SB 56 will enable the state to distribute more than $80 million in tax revenue over the next two fiscal years owed to cities and towns through what’s known as the Host Community Cannabis Fund.

Democrats in both chambers took issue with the final version potentially recriminalizing mariju

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