One end of session bill that Albany lawmakers have agreed on would allow further research into industrial hemp.

The bill authorizes the transportation, processing, sale and distribution of hemp.

It was sponsored by Democrat Donna Lupardo in the Assembly and Republican Tom O’Mara in the Senate.

Hemp is a strain of marijuana that lacks the psychoactive ingredient TCE.

For centuries, it has been used to produce rope, textiles, paper and other consumer products.

Currently, SUNY Morrisville is working with a farm in Madison County to grow the crop.