Proposed THC ban in Texas has stalled

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August 27, 2025

A plan to ban hemp-derived THC products in Texas has stalled in the Legislature as Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick remain at an impasse over the issue.

​While the Texas Senate has passed a bill to ban all THC products again and sent it to the House, that legislation hasn’t moved since. With lawmakers trying to wrap up the current special session by Labor Day, it puts the legislation at long odds of clearing in time.

​Patrick, who runs the Texas Senate, is still advocating for a full ban on all THC products, insisting they are dangerous and cannot be regulated. But Abbott vetoed Patrick’s idea just two months ago and has said he wants a more regulated approach.

​“The regulated market would be very comprehensive,” Abbott said. “It would regulate it at the farming-based level, the wholesale level, the distributor and the retailer.”

​But Patrick made clear he doesn’t like that idea during an interview nearly two weeks ago on the Mark Davis Show on 660 AM in Dallas.

​“Why the governor wants to create this monstrosity of a program for hundreds of millions of dollars that we cannot control, by the testimony from the police over and over and over again, is beyond me,” Patrick said.

​Patrick said he and Abbott have mostly been on the same page on big issues. But he said this divide over THC is “probably the biggest one we’ve ever disagreed on, particularly openly.”

​THC retailers have proliferated around Texas over the last few years, and Patrick said those shops are targeting younger people and causing serious health problems for people.