Forgive the source, but it's the most comprehensive summary update I've seen.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/22/texas-thc-senate-ban-abbott-hemp/
To put it simply, Dani Goeb and the senate aren't budging. Essentially views veterans supporting THC legality as useful idiots. LEOs don't want to have to deal with differentiating between legal and illegal products, so they continue to push for full prohibition as well.
Brief excerpt:
" The Texas Senate is doubling down with its attempt to ban hemp-derived THC, setting up another showdown with the House, where lawmakers are more amenable to regulating the substance than eliminating it from recreational use.
Senate Bill 5 by Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, would create a blanket ban on products containing any "detectable amount of any cannabinoid" other than cannabidiol and cannabigerol, better known as CBD and CBG, non-intoxicating components of cannabis. This bill would eliminate the majority of hemp products, including those that are legal under the federal definition.
The bill would make the manufacturing, delivering or possessing with the intent to provide consumable hemp products a third-degree felony offense, as well as create misdemeanor offenses for providing consumable hemp by courier, delivery, or mail service. Possession of hemp products will be considered a misdemeanor offense. However, a person caught illegally possessing the products for the first time will not face charges under the bill. The bill passed the Senate State Affairs Committee unanimously on Tuesday and advanced to the full chamber."
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/22/texas-thc-senate-ban-abbott-hemp/
To put it simply, Dani Goeb and the senate aren't budging. Essentially views veterans supporting THC legality as useful idiots. LEOs don't want to have to deal with differentiating between legal and illegal products, so they continue to push for full prohibition as well.
Brief excerpt:
" The Texas Senate is doubling down with its attempt to ban hemp-derived THC, setting up another showdown with the House, where lawmakers are more amenable to regulating the substance than eliminating it from recreational use.
Senate Bill 5 by Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, would create a blanket ban on products containing any "detectable amount of any cannabinoid" other than cannabidiol and cannabigerol, better known as CBD and CBG, non-intoxicating components of cannabis. This bill would eliminate the majority of hemp products, including those that are legal under the federal definition.
The bill would make the manufacturing, delivering or possessing with the intent to provide consumable hemp products a third-degree felony offense, as well as create misdemeanor offenses for providing consumable hemp by courier, delivery, or mail service. Possession of hemp products will be considered a misdemeanor offense. However, a person caught illegally possessing the products for the first time will not face charges under the bill. The bill passed the Senate State Affairs Committee unanimously on Tuesday and advanced to the full chamber."
