A trade association, an out-of-state manufacturer, and a 55-store retailer asked a federal court to strike down Missouri's intoxicating hemp law, as Texas heads into a week holding three separate hemp deadlines.
GREAT PLAINS, July 24, 2026: Hemp businesses asked a federal court on July 16 to strike down Missouri's intoxicating hemp law before it takes effect, arguing the state cannot fold federally lawful hemp products into its marijuana licensing system.
The plaintiffs are the MoHemp Trade Association, Lifted Liquids Inc., a Wisconsin manufacturer doing business as Urb, and MNG 2005 Inc., a St. Louis retailer and distributor that operates 55 stores across five states, according to the Missouri Independent. The complaint pleads three claims: that House Bill 2641 is unconstitutionally vague under the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, that it discriminates against out-of-state goods in violation of the dormant Commerce Clause, and that it is preempted by the 2018 Farm Bill's protections for interstate hemp transportation.
House Bill 2641, signed by Gov. Mike Kehoe on April 23, creates the Intoxicating Cannabinoid Control Act. It declares hemp-derived cannabinoid products to be marijuana and requires that their cultivation, manufacture, testing, transportation, and retail sale be handled only by entities licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services under Article XIV of the state constitution. The practical effect is to pull THC seltzers out of convenience stores, bars, and restaurants. The law takes effect November 12.
The plaintiff roster gives the interstate claim unusual weight. An out-of-state manufacturer and a five-state retailer are better positioned to press a dormant Commerce Clause theory than in-state businesses would be.
Texas enters a compressed week. A Travis County judge's temporary injunction, granted May 1, bars the Department of State Health Services from enforcing four contested hemp rules and permits smokeable hemp sales through July 27, with trial set for late this month, according to KXAN. A separate set of state THC rules takes effect July 31. Among the rules under challenge by the Texas Hemp Business Council is a redefinition of total delta-9 THC to include THCA that converts to delta-9 under heat, along with sharp increases in licensing fees for manufacturers, growers, and retailers.
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