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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas HB 5 imposes strict new licensing fees, registration rules, product limits, and criminal penalties for consumable hemp
Last action · August 13, 2025: Left pending in committeeSponsor: VanDeaver
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas House Bill 5 overhauls the regulation of s by restricting allowed cannabinoids strictly to (CBD) or (CBG), imposing a $10,000 processor license fee, a $20,000 annual retail location registration fee, and a $500 product registration fee. The measure bans hemp products for smoking, prohibits sales to individuals under 21, bans sales within 1,000 feet of schools or via delivery/mail, and establishes new criminal offenses ranging from Class B misdemeanors to third-degree felonies.
Processors, retailers, and manufacturers face steep new operational costs and strict inventory bans that eliminate products containing any cannabinoids other than CBD or CBG, while residents face age restrictions, delivery prohibitions, and criminal penalties for possessing prohibited items.
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 and processors
Must pay a $10,000 licensing fee per location, a $500 product registration fee per item, and reformulate products to remove all cannabinoids except CBD or CBG.
Hemp retailers
Required to pay an annual $20,000 registration fee per location, verify buyer age (21+), avoid deliveries or mail services, and refrain from displaying products near items legal for minors.
Consumers under 21 years of age
Prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or consuming consumable hemp products.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What cannabinoids are allowed in consumable hemp products under this bill?
How much does it cost retailers to register their locations?
Can consumable hemp products be delivered to customers by mail or courier?
Are hemp products allowed to be smoked?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
7 actions- Aug 13, 2025HouseLeft pending in committee
- Aug 13, 2025HouseTestimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- Aug 13, 2025HouseConsidered in public hearing
- Aug 13, 2025HouseScheduled for public hearing on . . .
- Jul 30, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Public Health
- Jul 30, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
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- Jul 28, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Shift from Concentration Caps to Total Product Bans
The legislation pivots the state regulatory model away from regulating delta-9 THC concentration percentages toward an outright prohibition of all cannabinoids except CBD and CBG.
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Sources
capitol.texas.gov
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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