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Cannabis legislation in Texas

Every bill in the Texas Legislature that falls inside the Cannabis Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

43

Bills in Scope

5

Past Committee

28 August 2025

Most Recent Action

Cannabis bills in Texas

1Enacted

1Cleared both chambers

3Past committee

38Introduced or inactive

43 bills in scope

Enacted

1

HB 46Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program; requiring registration.Enacted

Cleared both chambers

1

SB 3Relating to the regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and permits; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.Vetoed

Past committee

3

SB 6Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.Passed chamberSB 5Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.Passed chamberSB 1505Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program.Passed committee

Introduced or inactive

20 of 38 shown

HB 309Relating to the creation of the Texas Hemp Council; regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and hemp beverages and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and permits; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing civil penalties; imposing taxes.IntroducedHB 197Relating to a study on establishing testing and scientific standards for determining tetrahydrocannabinol intoxication.In committeeHB 169Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, processing, packaging, labeling, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, storage, dispensing, possession, use, and taxation of cannabis and cannabis products and local regulation of cannabis establishments; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring an occupational license; creating a criminal offense; imposing a tax.In committeeHB 196Relating to admissibility of certain evidence against employers for employee use of THC.IntroducedHB 36Relating to prohibiting the sale, delivery, or purchase of a consumable hemp product to or by a person younger than 21 years of age, the entry onto the premises of a retailer of consumable hemp products by a person younger than 21 years of age, and the employment by a retailer of consumable hemp products of a person younger than 21 years of age; creating criminal offenses.In committeeHB 43Relating to requiring a warning on the labeling of certain consumable hemp products distributed or sold in this state.In committeeSB 30Relating to the regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and hemp beverages and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and permits; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing civil penalties; imposing taxes.IntroducedSB 31Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, possession, use, and taxation of cannabis and cannabis products and the local regulation of licensed cannabis growers, cannabis establishments, cannabis testing facilities, and cannabis secure transporters; providing for expunction of records relating to certain decriminalized conduct; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring an occupational license; creating a criminal offense; imposing a tax.IntroducedSB 53Relating to the regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and hemp beverages and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and permits; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing civil penalties; imposing taxes.IntroducedSB 54Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, possession, use, and taxation of cannabis and cannabis products and the local regulation of licensed cannabis growers, cannabis establishments, cannabis testing facilities, and cannabis secure transporters; providing for expunction of records relating to certain decriminalized conduct; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring an occupational license; creating a criminal offense; imposing a tax.IntroducedHB 195Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, processing, packaging, labeling, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, storage, dispensing, possession, use, and taxation of cannabis and cannabis products and local regulation of cannabis establishments; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring an occupational license; creating a criminal offense; imposing a tax.IntroducedHB 197Relating to admissibility of certain evidence against employers for employee use of THC.IntroducedHB 198Relating to a study on establishing testing and scientific standards for determining tetrahydrocannabinol intoxication.IntroducedSB 39Relating to creating the criminal offenses of marketing or packaging of consumable hemp products in a manner attractive to minors and misleading consumable hemp packaging.IntroducedHB 160Relating to requiring a warning on the labeling of certain consumable hemp products distributed or sold in this state.IntroducedHB 42Relating to a defense to prosecution for the possession of certain consumable hemp products containing a controlled substance or marihuana.IntroducedHB 3242Relating to the criminal and licensing consequences of certain offenses relating to the possession of marihuana, certain tetrahydrocannabinols, certain synthetic cannabinoids, and drug paraphernalia; imposing a fee.In committeeHB 28Relating to the regulation of consumable hemp products and providing for the transfer of regulatory functions; requiring a registration; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; providing an administrative penalty.In committeeHB 4242Relating to the production, sale, distribution, delivery, and regulation of hemp; creating a criminal offense.In committeeSB 2451Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist local law enforcement agencies in testing certain substances suspected of containing delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol.In committee

Showing the 25 furthest along of 43. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the Texas Legislature's own page.

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What's In Scope

How Cannabis Legislation bills are selected

In scope is any bill regulating the cultivation, manufacture, testing, distribution, sale, possession or taxation of cannabis and cannabis products: adult-use and medical programmes, licence classes and the agency that issues them, excise rates and revenue allocation, social equity licensing and automatic expungement, intoxicating hemp and cannabinoid products, potency limits, packaging and labelling, impaired driving, workplace and tenancy protections for lawful use, and banking and insurance access for licensees.

Scope is defined by a written topic profile that every bill is measured against. The profiles are drafted by a model and validated by retrieval measurement against a judged set of bills, not reviewed by an attorney. LawSignals is a research tool and does not provide legal advice.

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Cannabis legislation in other jurisdictions

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