{"id":364819,"date":"2026-07-08T02:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T02:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/364819\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T02:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T02:50:08","slug":"texas-senator-says-hell-file-new-bill-to-ban-thc-in-next-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/364819\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas senator says he\u2019ll file new bill to ban THC in next session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) &#8211; A Texas state senator says he plans to introduce a new bill to ban THC products statewide when lawmakers return to Austin next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">During a Tuesday Health and Human Services committee hearing, Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, told lawmakers he intends to \u201cfile the ban again\u201d in the upcoming legislative session, <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/texas-state-senator-plans-to-introduce-new-thc-ban-bill-in-upcoming-session\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/texas-state-senator-plans-to-introduce-new-thc-ban-bill-in-upcoming-session\">according to CBS Austin<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HAPPENING NOW: A TX Senate Committee on Health and Human Services hearing on the impact of THC consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Vice Chair Charles Perry is promising an aggressive approach next session after a ban was vetoed by the Gov. last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My patience has run thin on this.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cbsaustin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@cbsaustin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r5uylEViDB\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/r5uylEViDB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Lamparski (@andrewlamparski) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/andrewlamparski\/status\/2074517369024581787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 7, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Perry previously authored Senate Bill 3 in 2025, which would have banned consumable hemp products containing cannabinoids other than CBD or CBG. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">That bill passed the Legislature but was vetoed by Gov. Greg Abbott, who said it would face constitutional challenges. Abbott later called special sessions aimed at regulating THC products, but similar efforts failed despite support from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">At Tuesday\u2019s hearing, invited testimony included law enforcement, medical professionals, and state health officials discussing the impacts of THC products. Pediatric emergency physician Dominic Lucia said he is \u201cincreasingly concerned\u201d about THC\u2019s impact on infants, children, and adolescents, CBS Austin reported.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Texas Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, speaks during a public hearing on his bill to ban THC at...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WXHYO36FVVACHJ4NWDP2SMRTDM.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"656\" \/>Texas Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, speaks during a public hearing on his bill to ban THC at the Capitol&#8217;s Senate Chambers on Tuesday.(Ronaldo Bola\u00f1os\/The Texas Tribune)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A representative from the Texas Department of State Health Services told lawmakers there have been more than 10,000 calls to Texas Poison Control Networks since 2021 related to THC exposure, with 40% involving children 12 and younger. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Lawmakers are set to return for the 90th Legislative Session in January 2027. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KBTX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) &#8211; A Texas state senator says he plans to introduce a new bill to ban&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-364819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}