Overview

• Senate Bill 3, approved by both chambers in May, would make it a misdemeanor to sell, possess or manufacture any consumable hemp product containing THC.
• The ban targets delta-8 gummies, vapes, tinctures and smokable flowers infused with hemp-derived THC.
• Passage threatens more than 50 000 hemp-related jobs and has led retailers and growers to urge Gov. Abbott to veto the legislation.
• Supporters of the ban point to inconsistent labeling, potential health risks and the absence of state oversight in the booming THC consumables market.
• Federal Farm Bill 2018 and Texas’s 2019 hemp law legalized hemp cultivation, fuelling an $8 billion market and a delta-8 segment that operates outside the state’s narrow medical marijuana program.