No more delta-8 THC. No more delta-10 THC. No chemically modified THC extracts.
While offering the floor, Texas House Rep. Tom Oliverson (R-Cypress) said, “If you get high on it, it’s not legal any more.” On May 21, after two hours of heated debate, provisions were restored to the Senate’s passed bill to ban hemp-based products that contained any level of THC and other cannabinoids that are intoxicating.
The following is an explanation of what you should do. Senate Bill 3.Upper chamber The following is a list of the most recent and relevant articles. A vote by 24-7 people in March would have prohibited the manufacture of hemp products with any other cannabinoid than CBD or CBG. The measure was a blow to a state-run industry estimated at $8 billion and employing 50,000 employees.
Texas House State Affairs Committee offered a replacement for S.B. Instead of an outright prohibition, S.B. 3 would have created a strict regulatory framework that applies to hemp products with THC.
Oliverson, an board-certified neurologist, did not entertain the idea of a counter.
“Oliverson, during the House session on Wednesday evening, said: “No more gray areas in law.” “We do not ban hemp. High is banned. This amendment will maintain the current federal and state laws that allow industrial hemp to be grown and non-intoxicating CBD or CBG sold. It is illegal if you get high. No THC intoxicants will be sold in any form.
Oliverson is in agreement with Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. Dan Patrick who is currently the Lt. Gov. of Texas. championed S.B. S.B.
S.B. Manufacturing, delivering or possessing with intent to delivery consumable products containing intoxicating cannabisoids would be a third-degree crime. Falsifying laboratory reports, or possessing, manufacturing or selling the products without registration or license would be considered a crime of the third degree.
Third-degree felonies are punishable by up to 10 year imprisonment in Texas and fines of $10,000. Current laws allow for a maximum $10,000 fine and up to ten years in prison. Texas lawPossession of 4 ounces of marijuana or less is considered a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison.
Oliverson’s amendment was adopted by the House 88-53. This vote chose prohibition over regulation. Much of the debate that evening focused on veterans’ access to certain products to treat their post-traumatic-stress disorder (PTSD) or other physical and mental conditions. Texas’s low-THC medical marijuana program (TCUP) is limited.
The House passed the legislation 95-44 with the amended version. The House is expected to pass the legislation in a third read on 22 May before sending it to the Senate, where it will be finalized before reaching the Governor. Greg Abbott’s desk.
Lukas Gillkey, the CEO and founder of Austin consumer goods manufacturer Hometown Hero stated in an interview that he is pleased with Wednesday’s House decision. Video Post on X that he is expecting Abbott to sign this legislation.
Gilkey explained that “immediately, we will begin preparing to file a suit.” The Texas Hemp Business Council allocates resources for this particular purpose. It’s something that will affect all of us. … The fight is not over.”
Hometown Hero, one of the more than 6,500 Texas businesses selling edibles, products for inhalation and other forms containing delta-9 or delta-8 THC as well as other hemp-derived compounds, is part of a growing industry that includes a variety other form factors.
Oliverson says Texas legislators and Abbott did not intend to allow the manufacturing and sale of hemp “intoxicants”, when they adopted House Bill 1325 In 2019, the Farm Bill legalized hemp after the federal legalization in 2018.
Gene Wu (D-Houston) said on May 21, that prohibition was not the answer after five years when Texans had access to hemp consumable products.
He said, “We’re still talking about Reefer Madness in 2025. We are rehashing the old episodes from the 1950s and 1960s.” We thought we were past it, we believed we have grown and learned, we are smarter. We’re back, and we want to move backwards.
Wu said that THC was a substance that should be kept away from children. However, the dangers were “way exaggerated,” he added. THC had caused no deaths in a country that is struggling with deadly alternatives.
He said: “The fact is, many people do use THC to self-medicate because it improves their quality of life. We should encourage this.” “Do you know why?” If they didn’t self-medicate with THC, then they would self-medicate with alcohol or opioids.”
The Senate version S.B. 3 prohibiting the sale of alcohol was passed by the House. Thomas Winstanley of Edibles.com and industry veteran Thomas Winstanley condemned the bill.
Winstanley spent six years with Massachusetts-based Theory Wellness’ multi-state operation, and led Edible Brands. You can also click here to learn more about Edibles.com, the e-commerce platform of Edibles.com was used to deliver hemp-derived THC earlier in this year. Edible Brands owns Edibles Arrangements.
S.B. 3 may aim to address a “real consumer health issue” in Texas—unregulated products—the legislation’s cure is worse than the disease, Winstanley said in a statement provided to Cannabis Business Times.
Is it necessary to develop a policy which codifies an environmentally sustainable, regulated way forward? Absolutely. But does S.B. Does S.B. He said, “No.” In fact, the policy does exactly the opposite. It fuels the risks that it purports to reduce by pushing out-of-reach safe and regulated products, creating a void which will then be filled with unregulated, illegal alternatives.
Rep. David Lowe (R-North Richland Hills) spoke out against the ban.
Lowe is an Army veteran with four overseas tours, two of which were combat missions in Afghanistan. He told his House colleagues that he does not take the matter lightly, having suffered from PTSD.
He said that some people use veterans suffering from PTSD to argue against the bill. As someone who lived through war’s darkness and aftermath, I urge you to stop using me or veterans as an excuse to promote your hemp products that are unregulated.
Rep. Josey Garcia (D-San Antonio) took exception to these remarks.
Garcia, the first active-duty woman veteran in Texas House history, joined the U.S. Air Force at 16 through the Delayed Enlistment Program. She served in Iraq and Cameroon, as well as Operation Iraq Freedom.
Garcia stated that her staff received hundreds emails and letters from veterans during this legislative period asking about the legalization THC.
“Out of hundreds of emails that I had, there’s only one that I saw that was from a veteran asking us to ban THC, and we all got that letter on our desk today,” she said “One thing that has me very concerned when we’re talking about supporting our veterans, a lot of you walk around calling yourself patriots, and you wear the pin on your chest to represent a very free country that we live in … those of us who have chosen to wear the uniform have done so with the inherent knowledge that we are giving up our lives for our freedoms.”
Garcia called S.B. The policy of prohibition by 3 is a “bait-and-switch” tactic used by legislators who claim to support veterans, but then create legal consequences for anyone who uses an alternative medication to quiet the nightmares they experienced during their military service.