Governor Noem signs hemp restriction bill into law [Video]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) – A bill signed into law Tuesday could spell trouble for retailers all over the Black Hills. House Bill 1125 bans the manufacture and sale of certain chemically altered hemp products. The bill is opposed by many shops that carry such products, and one business owner sent a letter to the governor urging her not to sign the bill into law.

Last month we covered HB 1125 as it moved through the legislature. When we first reported on the bill it was set to be voted on in the Senate. Since then, the bill has been amended and passed both legislative bodies in Pierre. Advocates in the cannabis and hemp industries are now speaking out, saying they were not adequately represented during the writing of the bill.

“I feel like the hemp industry was underrepresented and we didn’t have a chance at all to come to …