The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 7 : Alcoholic Beverages, Cannabis, and Tobacco

Chapter 031 : Cannabis

Subchapter 003 : Hemp

• § 852. Definitions

  As used in this subchapter:

  (1)(A) “Grow” means:

  (i) planting, cultivating, harvesting, or drying of hemp; and

  (ii) selling, storing, and transporting of hemp grown by a grower.

  (B) “Grow” also means to produce.

  (2) “Grower” means a person who is registered with the Board and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to produce hemp. “Grower” also means producer.

  (3) “Hemp” means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of the plant, including the seeds and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, acids, salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with the federally defined tetrahydrocannabinol concentration level of hemp. Hemp is considered an agricultural commodity.

  (4)(A) “Hemp product” or “hemp-infused product” means any product with the federally defined tetrahydrocannabinol concentration level for hemp derived from, or made by, processing hemp plants or plant parts, that is prepared in a form available for commercial sale, including cosmetics, personal care products, food intended for animal or human consumption, cloth, cordage, fiber, fuel, paint, paper, construction materials, plastics, and any product containing one or more hemp-derived cannabinoids, such as cannabidiol.

  (B) Notwithstanding subdivision (A) of this subdivision (4), “hemp product” and “hemp-infused product” do not include any substance, manufacturing intermediary, or product that:

  (i) is prohibited or deemed a regulated cannabis product by administrative rule of the Board; or

  (ii) is not lawful in interstate commerce.

  (C) A hemp-derived product or substance that is excluded from the definition of “hemp product” or “hemp-infused product” pursuant to subdivision (B) of this subdivision (4) is considered a cannabis product as defined by subdivision 831(3) of this title; provided, however, that a person duly licensed or registered by the Board lawfully may possess such products in conformity with the person’s active hemp processor license.

  (5) “Process” means the storing, drying, trimming, handling, compounding, or converting of hemp by a processor for a single grower or multiple growers into hemp products or hemp-infused products. “Process” includes:

  (A) transporting, aggregating, or packaging hemp from a single grower or multiple growers; or

  (B) manufacturing hemp products or hemp-infused products from hemp concentrate.

  (6) “Processor” means a person who is licensed by the Board to process hemp. A retail establishment selling hemp products or hemp-infused products is not a processor. (Added 2025, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. June 18, 2026.)