The Texas Senate has voted by an awesome majority to cross so-called ‘hemp killing’ laws, seeing the newly repackaged SB-6 head to the Home amid ongoing political turmoil within the state.
In what’s now the third try by lawmakers to cross this controversial hemp regulation, which might ban ‘any detectable quantity of any cannabinoid’ aside from CBD and CBG, the Senate fast-tracked voting throughout a second particular session yesterday.
Rebranded as SB-6, although almost an identical to SB-5, the invoice handed with out public testimony inside minutes of the session beginning by 22-8.
The legislative push to ban intoxicating hemp merchandise in Texas started in the course of the common session earlier this yr, when lawmakers handed SB-3.
Whereas SB-3 cleared each chambers, Abbott vetoed the invoice on June 22, 2025, arguing {that a} regulatory mannequin, not prohibition, was the suitable response to considerations about product security and youth entry.
Undeterred, Senator Charles Perry refiled almost an identical laws as SB-5 throughout a particular session convened in July. Backed by Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, the invoice rapidly handed the Senate.
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Nonetheless, a mass walkout by Home Democrats protesting a GOP-led gerrymandering plan broke quorum within the decrease chamber, successfully blocking all legislative exercise together with SB-5’s development.
In August, with a second particular session underway and Home members again in session, Senate Republicans reintroduced the hemp ban below one other new invoice SB-6.
SB-6 now strikes to the Texas Home for consideration. Lawmakers have till September 3 to ship the invoice to the governor in the event that they want to protect their capability to override one other potential veto.
If that deadline is missed, Abbott would have the ultimate phrase with out threat of legislative reversal, one thing that hasn’t occurred in Texas since 1979.
Texas has one of many largest hemp industries within the US, and the world, supporting over 50,000 jobs and estimated to be price between $6-$10bn.
Regardless, the way forward for this multi-billion-dollar trade now hangs by a thread.
