Gov. Greg Abbott declined to endorse Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s THC ban on Thursday, saying he needs more information about how lawmakers propose a prohibition that would criminalize a fast-growing cannabis market in Texas.

There is little doubt that a ban will sail through the Senate. But its prospects are far less certain in the House.

Chaos erupted during a Texas Senate committee hearing Monday afternoon during a hearing on two bills related to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's efforts to ban all THC products. A video uploaded to X showed a stream of most of the more than 175 people who signed up to provide testimony on Senate Bill 3 and Senate Bill 1505,

Read more The Senate State Affairs Committee began its discussion on a bill that would ban all forms of THC, the primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana on Monday.

Texas senators are considering Senate Bill 3, which seeks to penalize possession and manufacturing of THC-containing hemp products, with implications for the state's economy and existing businesses.

A Texas Senate committee has begun discussing Senate Bill 3, which would ban the sale of consumable THC products. Here's what lawmakers are saying.

That's because an effort is underway at the state Legislature to end unregulated production and retail sale of psychoactive forms of hemp, even as the state's highly restrictive medical marijuana program,

What they’re all screaming about is, ‘We want regulation, but we want it the way we want it.'” By Jasper Scherer, The Texas Tribune Six years after Texas lawmakers inadvertently triggered the state’s booming consumable hemp market,