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Texas Lawmakers Will Continue Pursuing Hemp Product Restrictions In Second Special Session

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Texas Lawmakers Will Continue Pursuing Hemp Product Restrictions In Second Special Session

Texas lawmakers will continue to consider the rules for regulating hemp products at another special session announced this week by Gov. Greg Abbott (R). At the current session, lawmakers were unable to adopt any legislation due to a marriage by Democratic lawmakers to block voting for a Republican redistribution plan that aims to win seats in the House of Representatives. Abbott said he is calling the next “immediately” session.

“With the house of Texas and the Senate today announcing that they are prepared sinne the On Friday, I will call Texas legislature immediately for special session #2. The special session agenda #2 will have the same agenda, with the potential to add more critical articles for Texans. There will be no return to poor Democrats who escaped from the state and abandoned their duty to the people who chose them. I will continue to call a special session after the special session until we pass this first agenda in Texas. “ – Abbott, in a STATEMENT

At the beginning of this year, Texas Lawmakers adopted a draft law to limit a lot – and effectively destroy – the industry of popular hemp products. The governor, however, faced with severe pressure from hemp businesses and consumers, vetoed the bill when he arrived at his table, calling a special legislative session to address hemp product regulations and other issues.

Last month, the Texas Senate adopted another proposal that, as the Veto Law, seeks to stop the most consuming hemp products. Lawmakers in the Chamber of Public Health Committee considered the bill on Wednesday despite the inability of the room to move forward.

Meanwhile, a last survey was found Nearly 80% public support For keeping hemp products available in Texas.

Center in Portland, Oregon, Graham is the lead editor of Ganjapreneur. He has written about the legalization landscape since 2012 and has contributed to Ganjapreurur since our official beginning in …

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Legislation sets tax rates, license limits and schedule for statewide rollout of sales

After years of being passed by the General Assembly only to be met with a veto, legislation to create a legal adult cannabis market in Virginia passed both chambers on Tuesday – this time the governor is ready to sign it, and retail sales are set to begin as early as November.

The vote marks the clearest signal yet that Virginia is ready to move from legal possession with no legal sales to a fully regulated market — a transition that has eluded the commonwealth since 2021, when lawmakers legalized for the first time simple possession.

The House passed on Tuesday morning Bill 642 Housesponsored by Del. Paul Krizek, D-Fairfax, by a 65-32 vote. Hours later, the Senate approved Senate Bill 542carried by Sen. Lashrekse Aird of Petersburg by a narrow margin of 21-19 after an initial failed vote.

Similar proposals have cleared the General Assembly in recent years — often with bipartisan support — but were repeatedly vetoed former Gov. Glenn Youngkin. This year, the political calculation has shifted. Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger swore to sign legislation on the creation of a regulated retail market.

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