HR 4595
Small and Homestead Independent Producers Act of 2025
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Bill overview
This bill, the Small and Homestead Independent Producers Act of 2025, allows small cannabis cultivators and manufacturers to ship their products through the mail, including the United States Postal Service and private carriers, as long as it’s legal to receive the product in the destination state. It requires age verification at delivery and clarifies that state laws prohibiting cannabis remain in effect, except for allowing interstate shipment. The bill also amends existing postal regulations to permit the mailing of cannabis under specific guidelines.
Key provisions
- Allows small cannabis cultivators and manufacturers to ship cannabis products via mail.
- Requires age verification at delivery (21+).
- States retain authority to prohibit cannabis, except for allowing interstate transport.
- Modifies Section 1716 of Title 18 U.S. Code to authorize postal service transmission of cannabis.
- Defines ‘small cultivator’ based on canopy size.
- Defines ‘small manufacturer’ based on annual revenue.
- Specifies definitions for outdoor, greenhouse, and indoor cultivation.
- Sets forth effective date contingent on federal rescheduling and elimination of criminal penalties.
Who is affected
- Small cannabis cultivators
- Small cannabis manufacturers
- Postal Service
- Private and commercial interstate carriers
- Individuals who purchase cannabis
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 4595
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To provide authority for small cultivators of cannabis and small manufacturers of cannabis products to ship cannabis and cannabis products using the mail, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Small and Homestead Independent Producers Act of 2025
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A small cultivator of cannabis and a small manufacturer of a cannabis product located in a State in which such cultivation or manufacture is lawful by that small cultivator or small manufacturer, as applicable, may ship and sell cannabis or a cannabis product to an individual located in that State or another State in which possession of cannabis or the cannabis product is lawful by that individual, using the United States Postal Service or any private or commercial interstate carrier.
The Postal Service and any private or commercial interstate carrier that transports cannabis or a cannabis product, as authorized under section 2, may not deliver such cannabis or a cannabis product to an individual who has not attained the age of 21, and shall verify the age of any individual accepting receipt of such a delivery using a reliable online age verification service or by obtaining and examining a copy of a valid, non-expired government-issued identification, including identification issued by an Indian Tribe.
Section 1716 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
by redesignating subsections (h) through (k) as subsections (i) through (l), respectively; and
by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
In this section, the term cannabis has the meaning given the term marijuana in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
In this Act:
The term cannabis has the meaning given the term marijuana in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
The term person has the meaning given such term in section 1 of title 1, United States Code.
The term light deprivation means the use of any technique to eliminate natural light in order to induce flowering.
The term greenhouse cultivation means the cultivation of mature cannabis in a structure utilizing artificial light at a rate above zero watts per square foot, but no more than six watts per square foot.
The term indoor cultivation means the cultivation of mature cannabis in a structure with the use of artificial light at a rate above six watts per square foot in the canopy area.
The term canopy means the area that contains mature cannabis plants at any point in time.
The term mature means, with respect to a cannabis plant, a cannabis plant that is flowering.
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on the date on which cannabis is removed from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act, and Federal criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses cannabis, are eliminated.