AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Texas State Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, revealed during a committee hearing on Tuesday that he plans to introduce a new bill to ban THC in Texas during the upcoming legislative session.<\/p>\n
“I’m just kind of done,” Perry said during a committee hearing on health and human services Tuesday morning. “This session is a solution-driven session for me. I don’t know where this lands. I’m filing the ban again with the things the courts say we didn’t do and see what next level they can come up with.”<\/p>\n
Perry authored Senate Bill 3 in 2025, which would have banned consumable hemp products<\/a> containing any cannabinoid other than CBD or CBG. After passing out of both chambers of the legislature, however, it received a veto from Gov. Greg Abbott<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Senate Bill 3 is well-intentioned. But it would never go into effect because of valid constitutional challenges. Litigation challenging the bill has already been filed, and the legal defects in the bill are undeniable,” Abbott said at the time<\/a>. He then called a special session to introduce regulations on the products.<\/p>\n Despite support from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, attempts to pass similar legislation during those special sessions also failed.<\/p>\n Tuesday’s hearing included invited testimony from law enforcement, medical professionals and state health officials to discuss the impacts of THC products on Texas.<\/p>\n “I’m increasingly concerned about the impact THC has on infants, children and adolescents,” said Dominic Lucia, a pediatric emergency medicine physician. <\/p>\n A representative from the Department of State Health Services told lawmakers there have been over 10,000 calls to Texas Poison Control Networks since 2021 related to THC exposure. DSHS said 40% of those calls were for children 12 years old and younger.<\/p>\n Most hemp-derived THC products remain legal in the state, so long as they meet state and federal requirements. Texas law, however, bans smokable hemp products.<\/p>\n