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Senate Bill 3 would ban the sale of virtually all consumable hemp products. The House Committee on State Affairs unanimously passed a committee substitute "substantially different" from the original bill.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/05/01/520314/house-committee-transforms-hemp-ban-into-regulation-and-taxation-bill-setting-up-confrontation-with-senate/

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is looking to make all THC consumables illegal in Texas. That would take a hemp industry that has grown to roughly $8 billion by his own estimate and drive it underground.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/04/09/518232/patrick-aims-to-ban-thc-products-as-a-public-health-threat-businesses-and-clients-fear-for-their-survival/

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Recreational marijuana is still illegal in Texas. The conservative legislature has voted it down year after year. And yet, with its exploding market for largely unregulated consumable hemp, Texas has become the new Republic of THC.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/01/13/510625/despite-strict-laws-texas-is-awash-in-intoxicating-cannabis/

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