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Texas

Texas Hemp Business Council Supports Protections for Minors

The industry organization is urging the practical enforcement of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order on regulating cannabinoid hemp products.

September 11, 2025

Texas

Texas Governor Issues Executive Order to Regulate Hemp THC Products

Gov. Greg Abbott directed three executive departments to take ‘immediate action’ to ‘protect’ children and ‘respect’ adult liberties.

September 10, 2025

Texas

Texas Governor Reportedly Prepares Executive Order to Regulate Hemp THC Products

The order would likely include age-gating for those 21-plus, store setbacks from schools, potency limits, and testing and labeling requirements.

September 9, 2025

Texas

Texas Hemp Industry Commends Lawmakers for Rejecting Hemp Ban, Calls for Practical Reforms

The Texas Hemp Business Council continues to advocate for limiting consumable hemp product sales to those 21 and older, among other regulations.

September 4, 2025

Texas

Texans Evade 3rd Hemp THC Ban Attempt; Legislature Adjourns

The Texas Senate and House adjourned sine die from their second special session without agreeing on a path forward for intoxicating THC products.

September 4, 2025

Texas

Texas Lieutenant Governor’s Prohibition Push Draws State Veterans’ Ire

The Grunt Style Foundation, which advocates for veteran mental health, believes that Texas veterans are fed up with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

August 29, 2025

Cannabis Rescheduling

Trump’s Forthcoming Rescheduling Decision, Congressman’s Marijuana 1-to-3 Act Lead CBT’s Top Stories in August

President Donald Trump said his decision on whether to change cannabis’s control status will come in the ‘next few weeks.’

August 28, 2025

Texas

Texas Senate Passes Same Hemp THC Ban in 2nd Special Session

The upper chamber once again ignored Gov. Greg Abbott’s call to regulate consumable hemp products, pushing prohibition legislation forward instead.

August 19, 2025

Hemp

Texas, California Governors Collide Over Redistricting; Hemp Lies in the Crosshairs

Gov. Greg Abbott called the Texas Legislature back into a second special session, pushing congressional redistricting and hemp regulation.

August 15, 2025

Texas

Texas Governor Plans to Call 2nd Executive Session for Unfinished Business, Including Hemp

Gov. Greg Abbott said if House Democrats continue to break quorum, he’ll just call another executive session with the exact same agenda.

August 13, 2025

Top Stories

ICE Raids, Texas Hemp THC Ban, Federal Bills Lead CBT Top Stories in July

The raids at Glass House and Texas’ pursuit to prohibit intoxicating hemp products remain ongoing storylines, as US lawmakers try to block rescheduling.

July 31, 2025

Texas

Texans Deserve Choice, Not a Monopoly: Texas Hemp Business Council Urges Lawmakers to Defeat SB 5

The industry organization released a statement on Senate Bill 5, legislation to ban consumable hemp products with detectable amounts of THC.

July 29, 2025