
07/22/2025
🚨URGENT-Immediate action needed! Takes a few seconds to help!
Yesterday in Austin, Sen. Charles Perry introduced Senate Bill 5, which closely reflects SB 3 from the regular session. The bill bans all cannabinoids other than CBD and CBG, creating criminal penalties for sales AND possession. Sen. Perry and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick remain dedicated to handing over the h**p industry to the illicit market and re-criminalizing simple possession. But Gov. Greg Abbott has called for regulations, NOT prohibition!
To ensure consumer protection, hold bad actors accountable, and prevent youth access to h**p-derived THC, our state should work to fill the gaps in our current regulatory infrastructure.
SB 5 was quickly referred to the Senate State Affairs Committee and immediately scheduled for a hearing with very little notice to the public. The committee will meet at 9am this morning to consider SB 5 and two other bills.
We can't know exactly what time SB 5 will be up for consideration this morning, so advocates are encouraged to oppose this by submitting written testimony immediately to:
Our state's current cannabis laws are unnecessarily complicated, inconsistent, and ineffective. Join me in calling on state lawmakers to legalize possession and establish an effective regulatory infrastructure for Texas business owners to grow, manufacture, and sell safe cannabis products!