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89th Legislature · 2025

The bills

Four bills decided where Texas stands on cannabis in 2025. Every grade traces back to them.

THC
Tetrahydrocannabinol, the compound in cannabis that gets you high. Delta-9 is the familiar kind. Delta-8, delta-10 and the other hemp-derived forms are close chemical relatives. A state rule made them Schedule I controlled substances on July 31, 2026.
Consumable hemp
Gummies, drinks, vapes and tinctures made from hemp rather than marijuana. Federal law calls a plant hemp when it carries no more than 0.3% delta-9 THC by dry weight. The THC bans below are about products sold under that limit.
A record vote
A vote where each member's name and answer are printed in the journal. Texas takes one only when someone asks for it, so most votes leave no record of who voted which way. Only record votes can be scored.
The Compassionate Use Program
The state's medical cannabis program, and the only legal route the 2025 THC ban would have left. House Bill 46 widened it in 2025, the same year three attempts at that ban failed.

Regular session · weight 10/10

Senate Bill 3

The THC ban

A YES vote on Senate Bill 3 is a vote against legal cannabis.

Filed by Sen. Charles Perry as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's top priority, Senate Bill 3 would have banned consumable hemp products containing any THC, leaving only the state's narrow medical program. It cleared both chambers before Gov. Abbott vetoed it on June 22, 2025, arguing it conflicted with federal law.

Outcome: Vetoed by Gov. Abbott on June 22, 2025

Scored roll calls

  • House · record vote

    May 22, 2025

    87 yes 54 no 150 members recorded official journal

  • Senate · Senate concurs in House amendments (final passage)

    May 25, 2025

    25 yes 6 no 31 members recorded official journal

Not scored

Full bill history on Texas Legislature Online →

1st special session · weight 8/10

Senate Bill 5

The second try at the THC ban

A YES vote on Senate Bill 5 is a vote against legal cannabis.

Perry's second attempt at the THC ban, filed after Abbott vetoed Senate Bill 3 and called a special session to regulate hemp instead. The Senate passed it 21-8; it reached the House on August 4, 2025 and died there without a floor vote.

Outcome: Passed the Senate, died in the House without a floor vote

Scored roll calls

  • Senate · Read third time and passed

    August 1, 2025

    21 yes 8 no 30 members recorded official journal

Full bill history on Texas Legislature Online →

2nd special session · weight 8/10

Senate Bill 6

The third try at the THC ban

A YES vote on Senate Bill 6 is a vote against legal cannabis.

The third attempt in a single year. Perry filed it with a large bloc of Senate coauthors; the Senate passed it 22-8, it was referred to House Public Health on August 20, 2025, and it died there without a hearing when the second special session adjourned on September 3. No statewide framework passed in 2025, and Abbott ultimately imposed rules by executive order (GA-56) instead.

Outcome: Passed the Senate, died in House committee. No ban became law

Scored roll calls

  • Senate · Read third time and passed

    August 19, 2025

    22 yes 8 no 30 members recorded official journal

Full bill history on Texas Legislature Online →

Regular session · weight 6/10

House Bill 46

The medical expansion

A YES vote on House Bill 46 is a vote for legal cannabis.

The largest expansion of the Texas Compassionate Use Program since it was created: it added qualifying conditions, permitted more product forms, and licensed more dispensing organizations. Authored by Rep. Ken King with Reps. Moody, Oliverson, Plesa and Lalani, sponsored by Sen. Perry, and signed into law effective September 1, 2025.

Outcome: Signed into law, effective September 1, 2025

Scored roll calls

Passed the Senate 31-0 on May 27, 2025; the journal records no individual names for unanimous votes.

Not scored

  • CSHB 46, as amended, was passed to engrossment

    May 12, 2025 House RV 2184 official journal

  • The motion to adopt the conference committee report on HB 46 prevailed

    June 1, 2025 House RV 4163 official journal

Full bill history on Texas Legislature Online →