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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas Legislature regulates consumable hemp products, sets manufacturer licensing fees at $10,000, and restricts sales to adults 21 and older
Last action · August 20, 2025: Referred to Public HealthSponsors: Charles Perry and 20 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas sets strict regulations on s, limiting allowable s strictly to cannabidiol or cannabigerol, imposing a $10,000 processor license fee and a $20,000 annual retail registration fee per location, and prohibiting sales to anyone under 21 years of age.
Business operators face major new compliance costs and licensing fees while individuals face new misdemeanor and felony criminal penalties for possessing, manufacturing, or selling restricted hemp derivatives or marketing products in ways attractive to minors.
- Consumable hemp products in Texas gained widespread commercial availability following the 2018 federal Farm Bill and subsequent state legislation in 2019. context
- State lawmakers have increasingly sought to tighten regulatory oversight and age restrictions on intoxicating hemp derivatives sold in retail establishments. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Hemp product manufacturers
Manufacturers must pay a $10,000 initial and renewal licensing fee per location, pay $500 per product registration, comply with strict cannabinoid limits, and print required QR codes and warning labels.
Consumable hemp retailers
Retailers must pay an annual registration fee of $20,000 per location, verify buyer age to ensure customers are 21 or older, grant physical inspection access to law enforcement, and avoid displaying products adjacent to items legal for minors.
Consumers under 21 years of age
Individuals under 21 are legally barred from purchasing consumable hemp products, and marketing or packaging attractive to minors is prohibited.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate · in House committee.
Procedural history
25 actions- Aug 20, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Public Health
- Aug 20, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Aug 20, 2025HouseReceived from the Senate
- Aug 19, 2025SenateReported engrossed
- Aug 19, 2025SenateReason for vote recorded in Journal
- Aug 19, 2025SenateFloorRecord vote
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- Aug 19, 2025SenateFloorPassed
- Aug 19, 2025SenateFloorRead 3rd time
- Aug 19, 2025SenateLaid before the Senate
- Aug 18, 2025SenateFloorRecord vote
- Aug 18, 2025SenateFloorRead 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- Aug 18, 2025SenateFloorRecord vote
- Aug 18, 2025SenateRules suspended-Regular order of business
- Aug 15, 2025SenateCommittee report printed and distributed
- Aug 15, 2025SenateCommitteeReported favorably w/o amendments
- Aug 15, 2025SenateVote taken in committee
- Aug 15, 2025SenateTestimony taken in committee
- Aug 15, 2025SenateConsidered in public hearing
- Aug 15, 2025SenateScheduled for public hearing on . . .
- Aug 15, 2025SenateFloorRecord vote
- Aug 15, 2025SenatePosting rule suspended
- Aug 15, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to State Affairs
- Aug 15, 2025SenateIntroducedRead first time
- Aug 15, 2025SenateIntroducedFiled
- Aug 15, 2025SenateReceived by the Secretary of the Senate
Version history
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Discoveries
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Strict Limitation on Cannabinoids
The state transitions from allowing certain delta-9 THC thresholds up to 0.3 percent to restricting consumable hemp products exclusively to cannabidiol or cannabigerol.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 90)
- Controversy85Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz75Current news / social attention level
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