The Buckeye State is ready to get with the hemp program.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced that he will sign Senate Bill 57 into law on Tuesday, July 30. The bill decriminalizes hemp, bringing Ohio in line with federal laws, which legitimized hemp and removed its Schedule I status with the 2018 Farm Bill. It also allows the Department of Agriculture to begin drafting rules to oversee a hemp program, including licensing hemp cultivators and processors.

The bill makes a distinction between hemp-derived CBD and marijuana, which state laws classified together in rules providing for the Medical Marijuana Control Program, creating mass confusion. So the new bill also legitimizes retail sales of CBD products.

DeWine will sign the bill at the Ohio State Fair, technically one day after it is slated to go into effect anyway: According to state law, a bill sent to the governor automatically becomes law if not signed or vetoed 10 days after it’s received (excluding Sundays). The bill was passed on July 17

It’s a big move for an otherwise conservative state, one that neglected to establish a hemp pilot program years ago.

Many states did just that following passage of the 2014 Farm Bill, which allowed states to create hemp pilot programs if they wanted. That’s what started the processing of hemp for CBD products that have become immensely popular today. CBD’s popularity has led to projections that the overall U.S. hemp industry could grow to a $22 billion market by 2022

The state failing to create a hemp program has meant plenty of missed rev here and blocked farmers from an industry for which they’ve been clamoring. The plant has a wide variety of applications and can be used in products from wellness items featuring CBD, which is isolated from the plant, to construction materials and clothing.

At least one Cleveland entrepreneur has been working on building a CBD plant in Nevada because of the lack of accommodating laws here.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, with Ohio jumping on the hemp boat, only 13 states (plus Washington D.C.) will lack a hemp program.

The passage now is critical because it should get the state moving on creating rules for a hemp program. The hope among farmers is that they can plant hemp next spring. After the bill gained momentum earlier this year, it seemed as if the legislature was going to wait on passing the bill until this fall, which would’ve hurt plans to plant hemp in time for next year’s growing season.

“The interest is definitely out there,” said Julie Doran, founder of the Ohio Hemp Farmers Cooperative, in a recent interview with Crain’s. “Farmers are looking for something new. And they’ve been getting madder and madder by the day because they felt like this was slipping away.”

The law’s passage, though, will have many effects. Once hemp rules are in place, farmers can get licensed and begin growing and even start exploring contracts for selling future harvests. Others will benefit from the CBD market, with some manufacturers preparing for significant growth of those items as the legal cloud over CBD in Ohio is lifted.

Meanwhile, in marijuana news, the Medical Marijuana Control Program has seen its first voluntary product recall.

The state has reported that Ohio’s Standard Wellness Co., a vertically integrated marijuana company that features dispensary arm The Forest Sandusky, has voluntarily recalled its “Standard Drops” after concerns of product quality were reported by patients.

The drops are a water-soluble tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) product. One bottle contains 110 milligrams of THC and sells for about $40. Refunds are being issued to people who have bought it. There are currently no reports of anyone getting sick or any other related health concerns.

A spokesperson for the Department of Commerce said the state is still reviewing exactly how many of those products were sold and how many are affected. It said that the products will no longer be available until the state completes an “investigation” into it, which includes re-testing existing items.

What exactly went wrong is not immediately clear. The state said the product in question did pass initial inspections, which were conducted by North Coast Labs.

According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, an employee at Standard Wellness apparently reported the product was congealing and turning opaque back in June, leading to instructions to refrigerate the product after opening.